Few firms have labor union

SURABAYA: About only 32 percent of East Java's 27,000 companies are strike-free because they already have a Federation of Indonesian Labor Union (FSPSI) unit.

Med Ismoe Handoko, chief of the federation's East Java office, said Saturday the remaining 68 percent were prone to strikes because they did not have a union.

Ismoe said most of the 27,000 companies were only after profit so did not hesitate to exploit their workers, Antara reported.

Small and medium scale companies denied their workers' right to have a labor union, Ismoe said. (06)