More dismissals at PT DI

More dismissals at PT DI

BANDUNG: State-owned aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia
(PT DI) will dismiss another 550 of its employees as part of its
restructuring efforts.

Chairman of the company's Employees' Communication Forum (FKK)
Arif Minardi said on Tuesday that the management had offered the
550 employees early retirement packages.

"The management should be transparent. There must be clear
reasons given for the employees to be retired," Arif told
reporters.

The move to undertake further restructuring was based on a
decision of the Financial Sector Policy Committee that was signed
by its chairman Rizal Ramli on Nov. 10, 2000.

Based on an audit conducted by Ernst & Young SDM, it was
determined that a total of 7,000 employees would be ideal for the
company. This meant that another 3,000 employees would have to
retire early.

Arif said that the company had dismissed many employees as
part of its restructuring efforts. "But management has yet to be
improved. For us employees, all the members of the board of
directors deserve to be dismissed. They have performed very
poorly." (25/sur)