Workers stage rally in Tigaraksa

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