Union awareness weak in Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: Workers' awareness of their right to association
\nand organization remains low in Yogyakarta, an official said on
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n
Out of 2,600 registered companies, only 10 percent, or 208,
\nhave set up labor unions, he added.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a seminar, Eddy Suyanto, chief of the industrial
\nrelations and labor standard section of the local manpower
\nministry office, said the lack of trade unions would weaken the
\nworkers' bargaining power in negotiations with their employers.<\/p>\n
He called on workers to unionize because it was guaranteed by
\nthe ILO Convention No. 87 on freedom of association, which was
\nratified by the government in 1998.<\/p>\n
Labor unions were effective media for workers and their
\nemployers to negotiate for collective labor agreements, he said.<\/p>\n
Workers could set up their own associations if they do not
\nwant to join existing labor unions, he added.<\/p>\n
He said existing labor unions should be empowered to
\nstrengthen workers' bargaining positions and create harmonious
\nindustrial relations in companies. (rms)<\/p>",
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