Bank workers want protection

Bank workers want protection

JAKARTA (JP): The employees of eight nationalized banks urged
the government on Tuesday to clarify the merger of their banks
with Bank Danamon and demanded that their representatives be
involved in the process.

The employees of Bank BNN, Bank Tiara, Bank Duta, Bank Jaya,
Bank Pos Nusantara, Bank Rama, Bank Tamara and Bank Danamon said
their involvement in the merger would ensure the protection of
workers' interests.

"We don't want to have to stage protest rallies later on to
fight for our interests," Sam R. Soelaeman, the head of the eight
nationalized banks' union, said.

Sam said the eight banks, which have been under the control of
the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency since March, employed a
total of 18,000 workers. (03)