Workers protest management change

Workers protest management change

TANGERANG (JP): About 1,400 workers from PT Cometstar
Electrida, a producer of electric lamps, on Jl. Raya Pasar Kemis
staged a sit-in to protest a management change.

The workers strongly rejected Tuesday the handover of the
company's management to PT Osram Indonesia as the decision was
made without consultation.

"The old management should have let us know that the
management and its assets would be handed over to another
company," one of the workers, who did not want to be identified,
said, adding that the issue was important because it affected
their future.

Workers would accept the transfer under the condition that the
new management employed all existing staff.

An agreement was reached later in the day between workers'
representatives and PT Cometstar.

Those who want to continue working under the new management
are welcomed, while those who want to quit will receive the
proper severance pay. (41/04)