http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/09/15/freeport-workers-launch-one-month-strike.html Freeport workers launch one-month strike The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 09/15/2011 10:08 AM Thousands of workers of PT Freeport Indonesia, the Indonesian unit of US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan operating in Papua, launched a strike on Thursday, planned to last for a month.
They launched the strike at midnight, and started to leave the mining site in Grasberg at about 6.30 a.m. on Thursday. Freeport Indonesia labor union spokesman Juli Parorongan said at least 37 buses would be used to transport the workers. “There will be no mass gathering for orations. Gathering people together is not necessary in a strike. The point is we have stopped working,” he added on Thursday in Jayapura, as quoted by kompas.com. The strike was launched following a deadlock in negotiations between Freeport Indonesia workers and the company's management, although it is not clear yet what the negotiations are about. Freeport Indonesia spokesman Ramdani Sirait said the company was optimistic that the negotiations could continue. ++++ Freeport strike causes $6.7m in daily losses The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 09/16/2011 4:39 PM | The planned month-long strike launched on Thursday by thousands of workers of PT Freeport Indonesia, the Indonesian unit of US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan, may cost the state US$6.7 million in losses per day, a minister says. “The potential losses in state revenue is $6.7 million, while in terms of gold and copper ore production, it is 230,000 tons [per day],” Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh said in Jakarta on Friday. He added that Freeport itself could potentially suffer $19 million in losses per day, as it ceased productions. “That $19 million figure comes from Freeport's potential losses from trade,” Darwin said as quoted by tribunnews.com. Up to 8,000 Freeport workers launched the strike on Thursday, stopping work and leaving the mining site in Grasberg, Papua. The strike has been planned for a month, as negotiations between the workers’ union and the Freeport management regarding the workers' demand for a pay rise deadlocked. However, Darwin said he was optimistic that the government could help settle the dispute through the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry's mediation. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
