Council to summon employer

Council to summon employer

TANGERANG: Tangerang Regency Legislative Council has summoned
the executives of textile company PT Shinta Woosung as its
workers have been on strike for the last two weeks.

"We will make them come and sit with us here to settle the
dispute with the workers," the council's Commission E chairman
for people's welfare, Ozi Saeroji, said on Tuesday.

He said the council was mandated by Law No. 13/2003 on the
settlement of manpower disputes to summon executives of a company
in a protracted strike.

About 700 workers, mostly women, are demanding improvement in
employee benefits. They staged a protest at the council last
week. -- JP