Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Thousands of tons of garbage piled up in Manggarai Water Gate. It happened because the workers
who clean up the garbage strike for four days. Strike because the workers do not receive
a salary for four months.
Agus Wahyudi is one of the five officers excavator operator in Manggarai Water Gate. The 39-year-old
man, has worked for five years. Agus claimed unpaid wages Jakarta Cleanliness Department
for four months. In fact, he has no other income while he had to pay for the family's
needs. During these four months, he relied only meal allowance of Rp 15 thousand per
day to meet their needs.
On this day, Agus back to work for the next three days while waiting for the final payment
of his salary. If not, Agus will strike back. Agus hope Jakarta Cleanliness Department immediately
pay his salary because a lot needs to be purchased especially ahead of the holiday.
"Because we have not been paid for four months. Automatically we not want to work. Today he
would be paid. So we are ready to work first. Just so the first three working days, if the
bill has been paid, we are working normally. If we have only three working days.
Meanwhile, Head of Unit Operations Jakarta Cleanliness Komaludin said all workers is
the responsibility of
the Sanitation Department has been paid since the commencement of the exchange of the Public
Works Department or Public Works to the Department of Hygiene.
"If four months without pay was not us. We starting April 1, it has been the responsibility
of the Sanitation Department. Until now, we have already paid. Per month, we pay. April
paid in May May be paid in June. So we already paid 1 April. There is no problem. "
Currently, the garbage piled up already cleaned waste transportation is done by a seven excavators
and trucks.