Plywood workers go on strike

Plywood workers go on strike

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Around 1,400 workers of a plywood
company in Fakfak went on strike on Wednesday demanding that the
management pay them at least equal the minimum wage set by the
local government.

The mostly female workers of PT Prabu Alaska also demanded
that management enlist them in the state-run workers social
security scheme.

The workers complained that the company only pays their
salaries every four months instead of each month.

Irian Jaya Manpower Office Chief Redy Kamea told Antara he had
not yet heard about the strike, but promised to look into the
matter immediately.

He said every company should comply with the minimum wage
regulation and that a reprieve is only possible under exceptional
circumstances. Prabu Alaska has never applied for a reprieve, he
added. (emb)