HI workers reject dismissal

HI workers reject dismissal

JAKARTA: At least 56 employees of Hotel Indonesia (HI) and
Hotel Inna Wisata are still resisting dismissal, although the
hotel management has sold the hotels' kitchen appliances and
furniture as the HI building is being prepared for renovation.

"We are still negotiating with the old hotel management PT
Hotel Indonesia Natour (HIN)," spokesman of the hotel's labor
union Marcus Kappuw was quoted as saying by Tempo News Room on
Friday.

The workers argued that the severance package being offered
was less than that available to workers before the agreement
between the labor union and PT HIN was signed.

Most of the protesting workers have been working for the
hotels for 15 to 25 years. Due to their age, they are unlikely to
be reemployed by the new hotel management.

The new management is currently renovating Hotel Indonesia,
while Inna Wisata will be replaced with a shopping mall. -- JP