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        "id": 1393619,
        "msgid": "workers-hold-staff-hostage-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-01-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Workers hold staff hostage",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Workers hold staff hostage SERANG, West Java: At least 160 workers of PT Univenus held two members of staff hostage as they rallied to demand for wages here Tuesday. The workers, who were serving temporary layoffs, urged the company management to pay half of their wages as stipulated by a 1996 decree issued by the Minister of Manpower. They released the hostages after legislative councilors of the regency stepped in, Antara reported.",
        "content": "<p>Workers hold staff hostage<\/p>\n<p>SERANG, West Java: At least 160 workers of PT Univenus held<br>\ntwo members of staff hostage as they rallied to demand for wages<br>\nhere Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The workers, who were serving temporary layoffs, urged the<br>\ncompany management to pay half of their wages as stipulated by a<br>\n1996 decree issued by the Minister of Manpower.<\/p>\n<p>They released the hostages after legislative councilors of the<br>\nregency stepped in, Antara reported. The councilors promised to<br>\nhelp the workers obtain their demand.<\/p>\n<p>Management of the company, a subsidiary of Sinar Mas Group,<br>\nhad punished the workers, most of whom had been employed for<br>\neight years, for being absent for six days without an<br>\nexplanation. (amd)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/workers-hold-staff-hostage-1447893297",
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