Tear gas ends protest

Tear gas ends protest

SEMARANG, Central Java: A protest staged by employees of the
PT Queen Setyabudi company was broken up yesterday after the
police threw tear gas into the crowd.

The protesters were demanding that the company pay them
transport, meal and overtime allowances.

During the protest, the employees also held a poetry reading
session in which a piece called Marsinah, Our Hero was read. The
poem was in remembrance of Marsinah, a labor activist killed
after staging a protest at the company where she worked in
Sidoarjo, East Java.

The employees said that they pledged to continue Marsinah's
struggle. (har)