Strike postponed

Strike postponed
for a week

BANDUNG: The planned nationwide strike of train company PT
Kereta Api Indonesia workers will be postponed for a week and
will now start on Aug. 8.

Railway Workers Union president Amien Abdurrahman said on
Thursday that the move was to give advance warning to passengers
wanting to use train services to make other plans.

"(By postponing the strike for a week) it doesn't mean we're
not serious about the strike, we're just following administrative
requirements," Amien said.

The train workers are threatening to hold a nationwide strike
after the government rejected their demands to improve the
welfare of workers and retirees. -- JP