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        "id": 1160600,
        "msgid": "thousands-of-timber-workers-laid-off-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-10-17 00:00:00",
        "title": "Thousands of timber workers laid off",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Thousands of timber workers laid off JAMBI, Jambi: Almost 2,000 timber workers have been laid off in Jambi during the past few weeks because of slow business there, with workers complaining their severance pay was illegally low. Among those laid off were 1,300 former workers of PT NPP, which operated in Muarojambi regency, Jambi province.",
        "content": "<p>Thousands of timber workers laid off<\/p>\n<p>JAMBI, Jambi: Almost 2,000 timber workers have been laid off<br>\nin Jambi during the past few weeks because of slow business<br>\nthere, with workers complaining their severance pay was illegally<br>\nlow.<\/p>\n<p>Among those laid off were 1,300 former workers of PT NPP,<br>\nwhich operated in Muarojambi regency, Jambi province.<\/p>\n<p>A NPP worker, Purwanto, who received a single month's wages of<br>\nseverance pay this week, said the company was not holding to an<br>\nearlier agreement it would give workers severance of two month's<br>\nwages.<\/p>\n<p>Chief of the local manpower office Haris Rachim said the<br>\ncompany had paid an adequate amount to the workers. \"The<br>\ngovernment can not force the company to pay severance pay in full<br>\nas the company is really bankrupt,\" Haris said.<\/p>\n<p>Many timber companies lack raw materials since the government<br>\nlaunched a nationwide campaign to eradicate illegal logging in<br>\nMarch this year. -- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/thousands-of-timber-workers-laid-off-1447893297",
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