Locals demand job from company

Locals demand job from company

TANGERANG: About 1,500 residents from three subdistricts in
the Pinang district of Tangerang municipality staged a violent
rally on Monday at the PT Tifico factory on Jl. Raya Serpong to
demand the company make good on its unfulfilled promises,
including providing jobs for local residents.

H. Suryadi, 55, a resident who lives right behind the factory
in East Panunggangan subdistrict, accused PT Tifico, a large
textile producer established in 1976, of deliberately rejecting
locals for employment at the factory.

He also said that the company had polluted the environment.

Herman, another resident, said that PT Tifico, which employs
more than 3,000 workers, also failed to fulfill its promise to
share project tenders with local businessmen.

The residents began to gather at the factory compound at 9
a.m. Since no one from the company management met them until
11:30, the protesting residents tore down the factory's gate and
forced their way into the compound.

They almost broke into a fight with about 100 police officers
who were deployed at the factory.-- JP