Workers demand better welfare, milk

TANGERANG: After a three-day rally, some 900 factory workers of PT Hancook Ceramics Indonesia, in the Pasar Kemis district of Tangerang, went on strike from Friday to Saturday demanding improvement in welfare benefits.

Jejen, one of the workers, said on Saturday that the rally was initiated by workers in the printing department, who demanded the management to fulfill its promise to provide a glass of milk for workers each day as a dietary supplement, because they worked with chemicals that could affect their health.

Since the management did not respond positively, workers from other departments demonstrated their solidarity by joining the strike, he said.

He added that the management had also failed to fulfill their promise to improve the workers' welfare through the provision of transportation allowances and other benefits. -- JP