PT Great River workers still on strike

PT Great River workers still on strike

BOGOR: Thousands of workers from textile producer PT Great
River International in Cibinong, Bogor, continued their strike
for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, demanding a pay raise
from Rp 412,000 to Rp 576,000 per month.

Tanto, 30, an employee of the publicly listed company, said
that they also were demanding that the company pay them in full
as the management had previously agreed to do beginning this
month, rather than gradually increase the salaries, which is
being proposed now.

"We ask that the company fulfill our demands, otherwise we'll
continue our strike until it agrees to do so," said Tanto.

However, the company's Public Relations Manager, Titin Cahaya
Dewi, claimed that the management and the workers had previously
reached an agreement that PT Great River has proposed to
gradually increase the pay in four stages this year.

Bogor's Manpower Agency chief, Suherdis, confirmed that there
had been agreement between the management and the workers to pay
the new salaries in stages.

"The company has stated that it cannot afford the raises in
full this month. It has to make it in stages," he said.--JP