Workers want wage hike by September<\/p>\n
TANGERANG (JP): Thousands of workers belonging to the
\nTangerang chapter of the All Indonesian Workers Union (SPSI)
\nthreatened on Friday to stage a massive rally demanding a wage
\nhike starting next month.<\/p>\n
The workers from the textile, clothes and food sectors
\ndemanded a hike for their minimum regional wage (UMR) from Rp
\n286,000 to Rp 344,000 (US$33.6 to US$40.5) per month.<\/p>\n
\"The workers feel the current wage is no longer sufficient to
\nsupport their families. Most of them also have children of school
\nage,\" chairman of the Textile, Clothes and Food Workers Union
\n(SPTSK), Ade Kusnadi, told reporters.<\/p>\n
\"Staging the massive rally is our last resort if our demand
\nfor a wage hike is ignored,\" he said, citing that they would
\nstage the rally at the West Java provincial building, locally
\nknown as Gedung Sate.<\/p>\n
Ade said he had informed the Tangerang mayoralty of the
\nplanned strike.<\/p>\n
\"Mayor Muhammad Thamrin will let us air our aspirations as
\nlong as it is in line with the regulations,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"We want to put pressure on the West Java Governor H.R.
\nNuriana by staging the rally so that he'll approve the hike. We
\nbelieve the employers are able to pay the demanded wage,\" he
\nadded.<\/p>\n
Ade was referring to a mayor-sponsored meeting with the
\nTangerang business community to discuss the hiked wage. As it
\nturned out, the employers were able to afford an increase in
\nwages.<\/p>\n
It was reported that the demand was triggered by a decision
\nfrom the Jakarta administration last month to hike the wages for
\nJakarta-based workers by September from Rp 286,000 to Rp 344,257.<\/p>\n
Earlier in February, the Ministry of Manpower increased the
\nminimum wage from Rp 231,000 to Rp 286,000 for Jakarta-based
\nworkers. The policy took effect in March. (41\/nvn)<\/p>",
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