Kudus cigarette workers strike

Kudus cigarette workers strike

KUDUS, Central Java: About 2,500 workers from the Djamboe Bol and Pompa cigarette plants went on strike yesterday, demanding that the company make good on its promise to increase wages and improve its workers' welfare.

The strike began in the morning with the workers, mostly elderly women, taking their grievances to the local office of the All-Indonesian Workers Union (SPSI).

During a meeting with the company's management at the SPSI office, the workers demanded an overall improvement in their salary and bonuses, as promised under the collective labor agreement between the company and the workers. (har/mds)