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
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Bobo holds writing contest
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'Bobo' to hold writing contest
JAKARTA: Bobo children's magazine will hold a writing contest
for elementary fourth, fifth and sixth graders from around the
nation with the theme of "Friendship amid Diversity".
The top 30 writers will be invited to participate in the 3rd
annual Children's Conference in Jakarta in October, this year.
Students who want to enter the contest, should send a two-page
writing sample in Bahasa Indonesia -- hand-written or typed -- to
the contest committee (Jl. Palmerah Selatan #22, Central Jakarta
10270) by Sept. 12.
During the conference, the children will be part of a workshop
on pluralism and diversity which will be moderated by noted film
director Garin Nugroho and scholar Komarudin Hidayat.-JP
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Greater-street children
75 street children to perform
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75 street children to perform
JAKARTA: As many as 75 street children from the city's five
municipalities will enter a "Street Children's Expression
Festival" on Sept. 13.
The festival, organized by the Cahaya Hati Bangsa foundation
and supported by members of the Harley Davidson Owner's Club,
will be held at the Ministry of National Education building on
Jl. Jend. Sudirman in Central Jakarta, the foundation said in a
statement on Wednesday.
During the festival, the children will sing and perform dances
and plays, including a play which portrays their experience of
being sexually harassed on the streets.
During the festival, which has a theme of "Why Did We Become
Street Children and Who Cares about Us," they will make "a
pledge" not to live on the streets any longer.-JP