Workers protest unjust treatment<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): At least 150 PT Intermitra Ragamulia
\nIndustries's workers protested at the House of Representatives
\nMonday about threats of arbitrary dismissal from their employer.<\/p>\n
A delegation of the workers told three members of the Golkar
\nfaction the company had decided to move from Tambun, 40
\nkilometers southeast of here, to Gunung Putri, Bogor, and had
\nordered all the workers to work at the new site.<\/p>\n
H. Suparman, the delegation's head, said the reason for the
\nmove was the company was turning its activities in Bekasi to
\nproducing shoes, bags, leather jackets, and tents.<\/p>\n
"Right now, we are under pressure from the company to move to
\nBogor and 50 people that rejected the order were suspended,
\nwithout severance allowance, until further notice," Suparman
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said they had opposed the order in a three-day strike last
\nweek and demanded an explanation of the move and their future in
\nthe new company.<\/p>\n
Suparman said the change was planned in December and that the
\ncompany had unilaterally changed employees' position and rights.<\/p>\n
"Some of us who were supervisors were demoted to janitors in
\nthe Bogor factory, and those who opposed the policy -- especially
\nthe women -- they threatened to throw behind bars," Suparman
\nadded.<\/p>\n
They were trying to intimidate the workers, he said.<\/p>\n
The company, which has headquarters in Cempaka Putih, Central
\nJakarta, refused to comment on the demonstration.<\/p>\n
An official of the company's General Affairs Department told
\nThe Jakarta Post he did not know about the strike or the move to
\nBogor.<\/p>\n
An agreement between the Bekasi office management and the unit
\nof the Federation of All Indonesian Workers Unions (SPSI) signed
\non March 1, said the workers who moved to Bogor would have the
\nsame rights as before.<\/p>\n
The agreement also said PT Intermitra would provide transport
\nand extra incentives to workers at the new factory. Copies of the
\nagreement were handed out at the House.<\/p>\n
IDP. Supartha Nida, of the Golkar faction, told the delegation
\nthey would look into the matter and try to find a solution.<\/p>\n
He thanked the delegation for registering their complaints
\nwith the House.<\/p>\n
"We won't tolerate any injustice in this country," he said.
\n(12)<\/p>",
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