Workers protest suspension<\/p>\n
Thousands of workers from giant company PT Texmaco
\nGroup in Central Java have protested being left jobless for
\nmonths, since January this year.<\/p>\n
Their 22 representatives staged a rally at the Central Java
\nlegislative council in Semarang on Wednesday to demand that
\nprovincial authorities help resolve the issue.<\/p>\n
They said Texmaco had suspended 2,550 workers and laid off
\n1,540 others during the January to September period.<\/p>\n
The protesters, grouped under the Texmaco Workers Rescue
\nCommunication Forum (FKPKT), claimed to represent around 8,000
\nworkers of the company.<\/p>\n
"The worsening performance of Texmaco makes the fate of its
\nworkers uncertain, while the company's majority shares are under
\nthe government's control, through the Indonesian Bank
\nRestructuring Agency," said FKPKT secretary Bambang Mulyadi.<\/p>\n
The workers are among 8,000 employed by five of Texmaco's
\nsubsidiaries in Central Java -- PT Texmaco Taman Synthetics,
\nPolisyndo Eka Perkasa, Texmaco Perkasa Engineering, Texmaco Jaya
\nand Multi Karsa Investasi.<\/p>\n
The suspended workers are paid only 75 percent of their
\nmonthly basic salaries, while those laid off were given one-month
\nseverance payment.<\/p>\n
Bambang said other workers who are still employed have
\nfrequently received their wages 10 days late.<\/p>\n
Daroji, one of the councillors who met with the protesters,
\npromised that the council would hold a meeting to discuss the
\nTexmaco labor issue next week. --JP<\/p>",
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