INDONESIA: Workers at Telkomsel, the mobile phone unit of the country's biggest telecoms firm, go on strike protesting for higher wages

Record ID: 340558

  • Title: INDONESIA: Workers at Telkomsel, the mobile phone unit of the country's biggest telecoms firm, go on strike protesting for higher wages
  • Date: 11th November 2011
  • Summary: JAKARTA, INDONESIA (NOVEMBER 10, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TELKOMSEL WORKERS WALKING AND HOLDING PLACARDS WORKERS WITH PLACARDS MORE OF DEMONSTRATION EXTERIOR OF TELKOMSEL HEADQUARTERS SIGN READING: "TELKOMSEL" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) TELKOMSEL UNION CHAIRMAN ACHISANTO RISANTOSA SAYING "We call on the company to consistently implement
  • Embargoed: 26th November 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA10BCSKAZX4Z8BMK9J0T9NSUJM
  • Story Text: More than 2000 workers from Indonesia's Telkomsel, the mobile phone unit of the country's biggest telecoms firm Telekomunikasi Indonesia went on strike over pay on Thursday (November 10).
    The workers, who took to the streets wearing their red uniforms, will strike from Thursday till the end of December.
    The strike follows industrial action by supermarket employees at Carrefour, pilots at flag carrier Garuda Indonesia and miners at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold 's giant Grasberg mine, as workers seek a greater share of profits in an economy growing at over six percent.
    The union's chairman Achsinanto Risantosa said that the strike, the latest in a series of industrial disputes in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, could hurt the operations of Telkomsel, part owned by Singapore Telecommunications.
    Risantosa called on the company to listen to the needs of its employees.
    "We call on the company to consistently implement good corporate governance, to listen to workers' demands when drafting out the company's policy and uphold the standards of professionalism, to be more independent, with integrity and morality," he said.
    Risantosa said the strike was launched after repeated negotiations over pay and pensions failed to reach a deal, and that it will take place across Indonesia involving about 2,500 workers from a total of over 4,000 at Telkomsel.
    Telkomsel had said that its service would not be disrupted due to the planned strike added that management was opening room for dialogue with the union.
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