[nasional_list] [ppiindia] SBY tells labor unions to stop playing politics on welfare issues
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SBY tells labor unions to stop playing politics on welfare issues
Rendi Akhmad Witular, The Jakarta Post, Karawang, West Java
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appealed to labor unions Friday not to use
welfare issues for political means, which could jeopardize efforts to improve
the country's investment climate.
Yudhoyono said protests on labor problems should be conducted within the law
and peacefully to avoid tarnishing the image of local workers.
"Labor unions, government and the business community should live together in
harmony. They should settle any labor problems in a sincere manner, and avoid
turning them into an excessive political movement."
His speech came at the inauguration of a new motorcycle plant owned by PT
Yamaha Motor Manufacturing West Java, a local unit of Japanese motorcycle giant
Yamaha Motor Corp., in Karawang, West Java.
Yudhoyono ordered the ministries of industry and manpower/transmigration and
local administrations to maintain regular communication with the business
community to ensure workers received proper wages and health facilities.
"The government and related parties will seek a balancing point in which the
welfare of the workers could be increased to an appropriate level, without
disturbing the operation and expansion of a company," said Yudhoyono.
Labor disputes here all often end in violence. The most recent example was the
clash between thousands of protesting workers and police in Surabaya on Jan.
16, with dozens of workers injured and eight others arrested.
Political opportunists sometimes use the protests to stir unrest, thereby
raising their public profile.
The number of industrial disputes is expected to increase, particularly with
some employers choosing to dismiss part of their permanent workforce and
replace them with contract workers for cost and efficiency.
Employers argue that the frequent labor disputes, lack of legal certainty in
resolving them and more productive and better skilled workers in other
countries deter investors.
Both labor unions and employers have faulted the old approach of handling
industrial disputes, a protracted, legally iffy committee-based system dating
back almost 50 years.
However, the advent of the special labor court, inaugurated on Jan. 14 in
Padang, West Sumatra, is expected to put an end to the frustration for both
sides. Proponents say it provides faster, fairer and cost-free resolution of
disputes, with a process of negotiations and mediation before a case can be
brought before the court.
The government has embarked on an investment drive, revising laws and
regulations that are deemed unfriendly to investors, including revising the
labor law.
Yudhoyono also urged workers to increase their productivity.
"If the operation of a company is not good because the workers lack
productivity, it will also affect the workers themselves because they will risk
layoffs. We don't want the situation to happen," the President said.
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