Mint employees demand pay rise

Mint employees demand pay rise

JAKARTA: Some 100 employees of the state-owned mint, Perum
Peruri, staged a demonstration on Monday at its office on Jl.
Faletehan, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, demanding a salary hike
of 100 percent.

The workers, grouped in the company's labor union, also urged
the company to be transparent with its financial reports as they
alleged there had been some manipulation conducted by the
accounting department. They also demanded loans for housing as
well as water and electricity allowances.

The coordinator of the rally, Imam, told detik.com that their
salary was far below the budget allocated by Bank Indonesia.

For instance, he said, the basic salary of a new employee who
graduated from high school was Rp 800,000.

The company's management, however, said the demand to double
the salary was unreasonable. Its spokesman, Zachrudin, said that
the take-home pay of a new employee was Rp 1.4 million, not
including overtime or other benefits.

One of the directors, TM Karnadi, said that the company would
suffer if their demands were met because the pension fund and
cash flow would be severely affected. --JP