Activists threaten major strikes

Activists threaten major strikes

JAKARTA: Labor activists threatened on Tuesday to stage a
major strike, should the government insist on defying the
numerous nationwide protests against fuel price hikes.

"We will mobilize the masses to block toll roads and go on a
labor strike in all sectors," labor activist leader Dita Indah
Sari said in a speech to a demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia
Circle, Central Jakarta.

"We will try to prove who is more powerful -- be it they at
the State Palace, the House of Representatives or we on the
street," she said.

Dita said workers in several seaports had already struck to
protest against the government decision on Oct. 1 to raise the
fuel prices by an average of 126 percent.

"If our protests are still not heeded, we will close the toll
road with containers, so the presidential motorcade cannot pass
through," she said. --Antara