
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang
Hundreds of imployees of Honoris Hospital, grouped under the Indonesian Properous Workers Unions Federation (FSBSI 92) began strike on Thursday in protest to the hospital management’s failure to fulfil their normative rights.
Hundreds of imployees of Honoris Hospital, grouped under the Indonesian Properous Workers Unions Federation (FSBSI 92) began strike on Thursday in protest to the hospital management’s failure to fulfil their normative rights.
The imployees comprising nurses, administrative and general affair staffs, dispensary and others units sat down in order, listened to orations and sang songs together under a tent they erected right in front of lobby in the hospital compound at Modern Land housing estate in Tangerang municipality.
“We strike because the hospital management Modern Group failed to fulfill a joint agreement that it signed along with FSBSI 92 at the Tangerang municipal Manpower Agency office on April 4,” the hospital’s FSBSI chairman Agus Wiro told the Jakarta Post.
He said some 500 imployees who are currently working for the hospital delivered demands on the normative rights to the management through a series of rallies they held in July last year.
The rallies ended after the Tangerang municipal Manpower Agency facilitated a tripartite meeting that ended in the signing of a joint agreement in which the management had agreed to fulfil imployees’ normative rights starting May 1.
“One month has passed and so far there are no signs that the management will fulfil its promises. Therefore we go on strike,” he said.
He said the imployees had also asked Tangerang mayor Wahidin Halim, the municipal council and the Manpower Agency to help remediate the workers with the management but to no avail.
“Even the Manpower Agency head Adang Turwana had said that the law No. 13/2003 on Manpower was grew (unclerar) therefore he said he could not help mediate us,” he said.
Meanwhile F.M. Gomes, FSBSI Advocacy chairman said that hospital management had been incooperative with the municipal council because it did not attend council’s invitation to discuss the matters.
“We are wondering what actually has happened. Where do we have to ask for protection for our rights,” he said.
He said the imployees were also surprised by rumors that the hospital management had been taken over by Mayapada Health Group and when imployees asked for confirmation, the hospital management said not yet.
“Imployees’ restlessness increased when the management announced two options on April 21. The two options imply dismissal for imployees,” he said.
The first option says that if imployees are willing to join with the new management under Mayapada Group, they will be given a one-month salary as severance but they will have to reapply for job and start working from zero year should they could pass a series of test.
The second option says if imployees refuse to join with the new management, the old management would pay them two months salary.
“The two options means that all imployees will end in a dismissal although we have to go through this way,” he said.
Unfortunately, none of the Modern Group management staff members could found at the hospital to be asked for comments as the imployees said that they have gone missing.
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