Dismissed workers seek redress

Dismissed workers seek redress

JAKARTA (JP): Seventeen former employees of state-run tin
mining company PT Tambang Timah took their dispute with the
company to the National Commission on Human Rights.

The group, which was met by commission members Clementino dos
Reis Amaral and Nohamad Salim, claimed Monday PT Tambang Timah
had failed to pay allowances they were entitled to upon their
dismissal several years ago.

They alleged the company had failed to pay health allowances
for their families and was tardy in dispensing pension funds,
among other grievances.

"There were violations of human rights in the mass dismissal
of PT Tambang Timah employees several years ago," they said in a
petition submitted to the commission.

The case has been brought to court, and Amral suggested the
group should wait for the court ruling.

He promised to look into their complaints, Antara reported.
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