Drivers, laborers block port

Drivers, laborers block port

JAKARTA: Dozens of container truck drivers and laborers
blocked the entrance to Tanjung Priok port early on Tuesday to
protest price hikes. They also demanded the implementation of the
provincial wage of Rp 591,600 (US$57.5).

The laborers, members of the Indonesian Port Transportation
Labor Union, staged a street rally starting at 4 a.m. The drivers
parked trucks at the gate making it impossible for other vehicles
to enter the port area.

"The rally is fully supported by the Committee Against Worker'
Exploitation, comprising various unions including the Jakarta
Labor Union," said one of the protesters, Lucky. -- JP