Workers are partners

Workers are partners
of their companies

President Soeharto appealed to workers to resist being easily
incited by third parties in labor disputes and to insist on
solving problems with management through negotiation. The
President also urged entrepreneurs to readily apply the
regulation obligating companies to pay the minimum wage to their
employees.

The labor incidents in Medan were deplorable. Irresponsible
elements used the opportunity to create chaos and turned the
workers' demonstrations into riots, mass brutality and terrorism.

In the ensuing situation all parties concerned should take
President Soeharto's appeal seriously in order to ensure
favorable working conditions and to enhance production capacity.
Greediness on the part of businessmen will only incite labor
unrest, particularly in large industrial towns.

The demonstrations and strikes of late could have been
prevented if the Pancasila Industrial Relationship had prevailed.
This relationship rules that workers and entrepreneurs are
partners who pursue a common goal. All companies must make sure
they know what the Pancasila Industrial Relationship is all about
and to apply it.

--Angkatan Bersenjata, Jakarta