Workers demand wage raise

Workers demand wage raise

JAKARTA (JP): Around 150 workers of CV Matahari Terbit marched to the City Council building yesterday to air their grievances over the shoe and sandal company's unwillingness to comply with the government's decision to raise the minimum daily wage.

Iwan.S, one of the workers, said they filed a complaint with the City Council in hopes of pressuring the company's management to meet their demands, Antara reported.

He said they have been on strike for two weeks and would continue striking until the company meets their demands.

He said their daily wage is only Rp 3.900, Rp 700 short of the minimum daily wage of Rp 4,600 announced by the government earlier this month.

Iwan told councilors Syamsul Mu'arif and Tengku Suriansyah that the workers also protested the dismissal of 30 of their fellow workers. "The company fired them without severance pay," Iwan said. (bas)