Garment workers stage rally

Garment workers stage rally

TANGERANG: Dozens of workers from PT Shinta Woosung, a textile
producer in Cikupa district, Tangerang, staged a
rally at the Tangerang regency legislative council
office on Tuesday.

They went to the office to protest the police arrest of a
worker, Burhan, accused of stealing a discarded iron plate from
the company .

Company SPSI (All-Indonesia Workers' Union) chairman Abdur
Rahim said that Burhan had been arrested by Cikupa
police following a tip-off from the company's production manager
last week.

"The police should not have arrested Burhan as he only took
the iron plate from the company's garbage dump," Rahim said.

According to Rahim, the production manager had earlier had a
quarrel with Burhan after he saw him take the 40 centimeter (cm)
by 5 cm plate.

The workers demanded the council assist in releasing Burhan
from what they considered to be an arbitrary arrest.

Council Commission A secretary Edy Poerwanto, who met the
workers, said that the council would soon summon the company
management to investigate what had really happened. --JP