Laborers demand wage hike

Laborers demand wage hike

BOGOR: Thousands of laborers of PT Truba Raya Trading, the
producer of FILA shoes, staged a rally in Ciawi, Bogor, demanding
the company raise their wages in accordance with the new
provincial minimum wage.

They also demanded that PT Truba not impose income tax on the
workers.

PT Truba is a private company that produces FILA shoes for
export to Germany, United States, Canada and Italy.

More than 3,000 workers received only Rp 417,000 per month
each, although the Bogor administration has established a new
wage of Rp 576,000, according to the chief of PT Truba's trade
union, Dadang.

They also had to pay income tax, from Rp 13,000 to Rp 16,000.

He said that the union and the company had reached an
agreement about the wage hike in January, but the company had
postponed it. The company claimed that shoes orders had decreased
by up to 50 percent.

"Who said the orders are decreasing? We have to work overtime
all the time, even on Sundays, to fulfill the orders," said
worker Neny.

PT Truba could not be reach for comment. --JP