Garment workers demand more money

Garment workers demand more money

BANDUNG: Employees of garment factory PT Biba Multi Jaya
marched to the West Java provincial legislature to condemn a cut
in their biweekly wages.

Ai, the spokesman for the employees, said the Rp 120,000 the
workers had been receiving every two weeks had been cut to
between Rp 60,000 and Rp 70,000, adding that the firm had not
provided an explanation for the reduction.

"We do not have any other source of income. We need to know
why our wages have been cut," Ai said, adding that he and his
colleagues, mostly women, worked in the firm's finishing
department.

He said he and his colleagues had asked the firm for an
explanation, but the company, which manufactures Free and Free
brand garments, failed to respond.

The workers urged the provincial legislature to summon the
firm's management and order them to restore the workers' wages.
(25/sur)