2,000 workers face job threats

2,000 workers face job threats

JAKARTA (JP): The Tangerang regency's request that 14
factories relocate has caused concern among 2,000 workers in
Batuceper.

The workers said they feared for their jobs and would stage a
protest if the companies moved without effort from the
administration and managements to accommodate their interests.

"We ask the regency to postpone the relocation plan," workers
said as quoted by the Jayakarta daily yesterday.

"The regency must be responsible in case of mass dismissals,"
a worker said.

The factories are in the Kedaung Wetan and Kedaung Baru
subdistricts, which according to the regency are not industrial
zones.

Factory owners had agreed to move, the daily said.

Unidentified sources said they feared the relocation would
cause unemployment in both subdistricts.(anr)