Workers protest transfer

Workers protest transfer

Fifteen cleaning service attendants of PT. Pembangunan Jaya
Ancol (PT PJA), which owns and manages the Ancol Amusement Park,
went to the city council to protest the company's decision
to transfer them without prior consultation.

The spokesman for the group, Sabar, on Tuesday told the City
Council's Commission E, in charge of public welfare, that since
1989 PT PJA had transferred the employment of 200 workers to
another company.

Antara news agency reported that the management of PT PJA
pledged that the transfer would not affect their salaries or
other rights, but shortly after the transfers they received
monthly salaries far below what they had been receiving prior to
the move.

Sabar told the councilors that they demand PT PJA reemploy
them while the chairman of Commission E, Atje Mulyadi, said that
the commission will summon PT PJA to address the workers'
complaints. (mas)