Workers threaten to boycott poll

Workers threaten to boycott poll

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Workers at two plywood companies
in East Kalimantan threatened on Monday to boycott the July 5
presidential election unless the government intervened in their
dispute with the companies.

Some 3,000 workers of PT Kalimanis Plywood Industry (KPI) and
PT Santi Murni Plywood have been on strike for the past two weeks
over unpaid salaries.

"We will vote only after our salaries are paid," said
Giartini, one of the striking workers from PT KPI. -- JP