Fuel Up, Labour SOEs Threatens To Demo

Indobusiness - A trade organization of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) that are members of the Joint Movement (Geber) SOE workers threatened a mass strike across the state-owned company.

Strike was carried out as a form of worker attitudes on government policies that raise the price of fuel oil (BBM) subsidy. Ais, state coordinator Geber said 40 unions that are members of the state Geber states firmly rejected the stance along with the fuel price hike will further impoverish assessed the workers.

Geber SOE is SOE workers' confederation consisting of 1 and 6 union federations, namely KASBI, OPSI, BUMN BERSATU, BUMN STRATEGIS, SPSI LEM (FKK PT DI), PPMI and FSPMI.

Judy Winarno, Coordinator of the Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers Union (FSPMI), affirmed, current welfare workers in Indonesia is still very. Conditions that can be seen from the minimum wage is still, even there is still receiving a monthly income below the minimum wage

"So, if the price of subsidized fuel is increased, then the workers will" fall "into deeper and deeper poverty," said Judy, Friday (06/14/2013).

Tua Maruli Rajagukguk, state Attorney Geber of LBH Jakarta, adding fuel to overcome the problem, the government should be creative and have a strong political will to take on a solution that does not harm the people, especially the workers.

That example, Maruli said, the government took measures to shift to the use of alternative energy such as fuel gas and coal. The steps should be accompanied also by the readiness of infrastructure development or production cost efficiency program implementation. "Not raise subsidized fuel prices," said Maruli.

According Maruli, when the government raised fuel prices stay this June, the government policy will lead to rising prices of basic needs, transportation costs, and potentially increase the number of poor people and unemployment in Indonesia. Life will increasingly heavy burden felt by the lower classes due to the fuel price hike.

Nining Elitos of Congress of Indonesian Union Alliance (KASBI), chimed in, the government should immediately abandon plans to raise fuel prices. If the government remains keukeuh on the decision, further Nining, Geber and all elements of state workers will realize the threat to strike work across the state company in Indonesia.