Hotel employees go on strike

Hotel employees go on strike

JAKARTA (JP): Some 150 employees of Hotel John Pardede
International in Central Jakarta went on strike yesterday to
demand minimum wages.

Ade, a spokesman, said the employees of the hotel on Jl. Raden
Saleh receive an average of Rp 110,000 (US$47.30) a month.

The employees demanded Rp 5,200 a day as regulated by the
government, or Rp 156,000 a month.

He said the employees also demanded the company permit the
establishment of a worker's union under the Federation of the All
Indonesia Workers Union.

The strike started at 7 a.m. and lasted three hours at the
three-star-rated hotel.

Meanwhile Djabinson Sinaga, the hotel's general manager, said
the company met with the employees. He said the company has paid
them according to the regulation since last month.

"About the workers' union, we will set one up soon," he said.
(jun)