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Four protests, transport workers strike to enliven Jakarta today

Tempo Interactive - June 2, 2008

Ibnu/Traffic Management Centre, Jakarta – Four protest actions and a transport workers’ strike will enliven the activities of the capital city today, Monday June 2.

At 9am, employees from PT. Dong Joe Indonesia will demonstrate at the PT Dinamika Pinangsia office in Pasir Jaya, Jatiuwung Tangerang. “The action is to demand employee welfare improvements”, said Senior Brigadier Tarmin from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre, quoting information from the Intelligence and Security Directorate.

At 10am, the Revolutionary Workers Command (Kobar) will be demonstrating at the offices of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Department of Labour and Transmigration. The protest is expected to be attended by 10 different labour organisations.

Also at 10am, employees from the Indonesian Christian University Employee Foundation (YKUKI) will be protesting at the foundation’s offices in the Cawang area of East Jakarta. They will be demanding wage increases, social security and improvements to infrastructure.

At 11am, a group called the Indonesian Republic Indonesia Monitoring Center (IMCRI) will hold a protest action at the office of the Investment Coordinating Board on Jl. Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta and at offices of the Capital Markets Supervisory Agency on Jl. Jalan Wahidin in Central Jakarta.

In addition to these four protest actions, drivers from the Kalpika Cooperative Forum (KWK) who operate public transport vehicles plying the Cakung-Cilincing route in North Jakarta will hold a strike action. They will be demanding that the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) immediately raise fares following the increase in the price of premium petrol.

[Translated by James Balowski.]

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