Police mediate company dispute

Police mediate company dispute

JAKARTA: North Jakarta Police mediated a dialog on Thursday
between PT Lancar Central Logistics (LCL) and drivers, who work
for the company on a contractual basis.

Cilincing Police chief Comr. Eko Trisnanto said the drivers
had been on strike for over a week, since June 14. "We tried a
couple of times to hold talks, but the company executives
refused, because, they said, the drivers had gone beyond their
authority," he was quoted by Tempo News Room as saying.

The drivers, who are members of the National Transportation
Workers Union, are protesting the company's policy of hiring them
on a contractual basis, although some of them have worked for the
company for almost 10 years.

Drivers at the company's offices in Bogor, Surabaya, Pemalang
in East Java, and Cilegon in Banten, have expressed their
readiness to join the strike. -- JP