800 job seekers demand redress

800 job seekers demand redress

YOGYAKARTA: About 800 job seekers from Yogyakarta and Central
Java plan to sue a labor supplier on charges of breaking an
agreement to send them to Brunei.

Their representatives sought legal help from the Yogyakarta
chapter of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute on Saturday to
resolve the dispute with PT AP in court.

Their spokesman, Sugiyanto, said the job seekers had paid the
Cilacap-based company Rp 2.5 million ($250) last year for the
arrangement of their departure to Brunei.

The company promised the workers would earn Rp 1.5 million a
month each.

He said the company had promised to dispatch them to the
neighboring country to work on construction projects in December
but since then it ha refused to explain why the departure was
delayed.

The company's managers were not available for comment
yesterday. (23)