Workers rally to demand salary

Workers rally to demand salary

TANGERANG: Some 200 workers of PT Joka Kayu Sentosa, a wood
processing company in the Jatake Industrial Estate in Jatiuwung
district, Tangerang, urged the Tangerang Manpower Agency to force
the company director to pay their salaries.

The workers protested in front of the agency office on Tuesday
afternoon and spent the night there. They said that they have not
received their wages for three months.

"Since last year, we have only been paid between Rp 70,000
(US$8.24) and Rp 100,000 per month, while we should be paid Rp
628,000 per month," said one of the workers Zaenudin.

He said that the workers had asked director Djohan Tansil to
pay their salaries but he always argued that the company had no
money. However, Zaenudin alleged that the company still exported
its products to the Philippines and France.

An official at the agency, Suaman, said that Djohan was
summoned on Tuesday but could not many any decision as to how to
settle the dispute.

The workers vowed to continue their strike until they received
their salaries.

"How could we pay the bus fare to go to work if we have no
money at all. We can't even buy food for breakfast," Husein,
another worker, said. -- JP