400 security guards stage protest

400 security guards stage protest

BOGOR: About 400 security guards at the Kota Wisata luxury
housing estate in Cileungsi, Bogor regency, went on strike on
Wednesday in protest at the dismissal of 13 guards who had
demanded overtime payments.

M. Syafaat, 29, one of the protesters, said that the 13 had
been dismissed arbitrarily last month.

He added that last week, when an air-conditioning compressor
unit was stolen, two security guards were ordered to compensate
for the loss.

He also complained that security guards did not receive any
lunch or transportation allowances.

An officer of the Human Resources Department of Kota Wisata,
Sukma, said later in the day that the problem had been settled.

He said that lunch and transportation allowances would be
included in their monthly salary, which is above the legal
minimum salary, and amounts to Rp 514,000.

He also claimed that the housing estate company would also
make a Rp 300,000 fixed overtime payment per month.--JP