Kompas -
May 1, 2010
Ratih P
Sudarsono, Bogor – Around 400 workers in the city of Bogor commemorated May Day
by spending Saturday afternoon enjoying popular dangdut music at the Bogor
Botanical Gardens.
Before this
however they held a parade at the city hall where they issued a statement
rejecting Law Number 13/2003 on Labour, which was presented to Bogor Mayor
Diani Budiarto and other officials from the Bogor Regional Consultative Council
(Muspida).
In the
statement the workers outlined how the labour law impacted badly on the lives
of workers and their families and called on the Bogor government and the Bogor
Regional House of Representatives to reject the law, particularly the articles
related to outsourcing and contract labour. Budiarto responded by promising to
convey their wishes to the central government.
The workers
were members of the National Workers Union (SPN) from the companies PT Unitex,
Muara Krakatau, PT Coats Indonesia, PT Sahabat Unggul, PT Citra Abadi Sejati
and PT Akur Pratama. Also joining the action were workers from the Good Year
Indonesia Trade Union (SPGYI), the Good Year Indonesia Indonesia Workers Union
(PBIGYI) and the Olympic Trade Union (SPO).
[Abridged
translation by James Balowski.]
