Workers stage rally at council

Workers stage rally at council

TANGERANG: Almost 1,000 workers of PT Yasunlitek, a thread
manufacturer in Tangerang, staged a rally at the municipality's
legislative council on Thursday to protest the company's failure
to pay their salaries on time.

The workers, who have been on strike since Wednesday,
complained that the manufacturer, located on Jl. Daan Mogot in
the Batu Ceper district of Tangerang, was going to pay their
salaries from February on March 15.

They demanded that the council force the company's management
to pay their salaries immediately.

Two staff members of the management, Joko Sutanto and M.
Syahroni, who met with councillor Fachrudin and several
representatives of the workers, said that the company was having
financial problems.

The workers also complained that the management had not paid
their insurance premiums for the last three years. They also said
that they did not receive any medical or condolence compensation,
which is usually paid out when a relative dies.

"We are loyal to this company and most of us have worked there
for more than 10 years. But if our salary is delayed, how are we
going to feed our families?" Adi. S, who has worked for the
company for 20 years, told The Jakarta Post.

He said that this was the third time in the past six months
that the company had delayed paying workers' salaries.--JP