Tarakanita staff stage protest

Tarakanita staff stage protest

JAKARTA (JP): About 50 lecturers and staff of the Tarakanita
Secretarial College (LPK Tarakanita), Pondok Kelapa, East
Jakarta, staged a demonstration at the Legal Aid Foundation here
on Tuesday, protesting their suspension by the Tarakanita
Foundation.

The dispute has been going on for a year, ever since the
protesters asked for better working conditions and a pay rise.

According to A.J Lumban Gaol, a lecturer at the college, a
number of staff members were still being paid less than the
provincial minimum wage of Rp 426,250 (US$ 37,51) per month.

The management of the college had refused to meet and discuss
the matter with them and instead had suspended those who
participated in the protest action, he said.

In response to their demands, the Tarakanita Foundation had
issued a simple ultimatum: Keep working for the Tarakanita
Foundation or resign. (06)