Workers stage rally in Tigaraksa

TANGERANG: Some 300 workers of two companies located on Jl. Raya Serang, Cikupa district of Tangerang staged a rally at the Tangerang regency office in Tigaraksa on Wednesday.

Wearing black T-shirts, the mostly female workers of PT Hasri Anekatama, a tape producer on Jl. Raya Serang, went to the office to submit their complaint to regent Agus Djunara about the company's recent unfair dismissal of 11 workers.

They also requested the assistance of the regent to stop the company's plan to disband its newly established workers association and order the management to end its contractual-hire system.

"The management had promised workers that there would be no dismissals in the company, but it has happened. It is hard to believe the management's claim that the 11 workers resigned voluntarily," Aat, one of the workers, said.

As PT Hasri workers' rally was going on, some 200 workers of PT Taramulti arrived at the office compound to stage a rally. But it was not clear what their demands were. --JP