Lha ini kok juga repot-repot lagi! Terang saja kan dimana saja apalagi di
negeri tercinta ini semua redaksi tunduk pada pemodal, lha pemodal mana sih
yang mau bercumbuan sama trade unions (syarikat buruh)? Kayak Pak YS sama
Meriem Ewa itu? Zurnalis bisa aja punya hati nurani setinggi dan sebesar Gubung
Mahameru atau sedalam Lautan Selatan, tapi kalau Redaksi digencet sama pemodal
kan cita-citanya perusahaan untung gedhe jadi semuanya musti tunduk sama modal
donk. Tapi AJI betul lo, harus memperjuangken anggotanya apalagi aktifis
serikat pekerja. Klo perlu make aji-aji MOGOK ya! Terang juga kan, Kompas
menjelang Natal sekalipun bukan kumpulan Santa Klauss atawa malaekat yang
berbelas kasihan sama sesama, tapi kan ya perusahaan biasa aja. Profit adalah
religi abad ini, uang itu nabinya. La kok repott repot lagi. Apa enggak puas
memantau 42 detik gelut smack down Asian games YS vs ME itu?? Dasar .........
TSL
Ambon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Kompas Daily" fires journalist-cum-union-leader for refusing reassignment;
AJI calls it a move to undermine union
12 December 2006
Source: Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Indonesia
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) protests the dismissal of
senior journalist Bambang Wisudo from "Kompas Daily" on 8 December 2006 and the
intimidating manner in which it was done.
Bambang, who is also secretary of the Kompas Trade Union, has worked for the
Jakarta-based newspaper for 15 years.
He was purportedly dismissed for refusing to be reassigned to Ambon, in the
Maluku Province, 2,300km east of Jakarta.
However, AJI said that Wisudo's reassignment was prompted by his efforts to
improve the union's reportage standards and address policies instituted by the
newspaper's management seen to be disruptive to workforce productivity and the
readers.
AJI strongly condemns the atmosphere of intimidation created by the "Kompas
Daily" management when the company's security personnel forcefully removed
Bambang from the office and detained him against his will for several hours in
a holding cell.
Bambang was only released upon being delivered a dismissal letter signed by
Editor-in-Chief Suryopra tom o.
AJI said Kompas Daily's "intimidation, detention, and dismissal of (Bambang)
are reprehensible, inhumane, and illegal."
It continued, "The 'Kompas Daily' management's efforts to restrict human rights
and curtail collective efforts to improve communications are prohibited by the
Constitution and labour law, and could result in criminal sanctions."
AJI demands that "Kompas Daily" take the following actions:
- Reinstate Bambang to his former position at PT Kompas Media Nusantara.
- Recognise the workers' right to elected representation and Bambang's role as
the union secretary.
- Rescind the decision to send Bambang to Ambon and abandon its policy of
relocating union members.
- Respect the workers' right to assemble and form trade unions without
intimidation.
- Review the management's culture of intimidation, starting with a thorough,
transparent investigation of the events behind Bambang's dismissal and a
decisive, corrective action against the company's security personnel.
Please send your support by sending your protest letters to PT KOMPAS Media
Nusantara, addressed to:
Mr. Jacob Oetama, Mr. St Sularto and Mr. Suryopra tom o.
Facsimile: +62 21 548 6085, 548 3581
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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