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Drivers strike unlikely to disrupt fuel distribution: Pertamina
State-owned energy company PT Pertamina has assured consumers that gasoline supplies in Greater Jakarta were not in jeopardy despite a strike by tanker truck drivers.
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Students take over a Pertamina fuel tanker during a protest at a gas station in Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, on Monday. They were protesting the government's policy on increasing fuel prices. (Antara/Fahrul Jayadiputra)
State-owned energy company PT Pertamina has assured consumers that gasoline supplies in Greater Jakarta were not in jeopardy despite a strike by tanker truck drivers.
The drivers, who are now working as outsourced workers, began their strike action on Tuesday and have vowed to continue for one week, as they demand permanent employment status.
Pertamina spokeswoman Wianda Pusponegoro said the strike would not affect fuel distribution to gas stations in the Greater Jakarta area, as the company still had drivers who continued to distribute fuel, despite calls from other drivers to join the strike.
“We have a special taskforce that continues to serve fuel supplies from fuel terminals to gas stations,” Wianda told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Based on the Post’s observation, gas stations in Jakarta continued to serve customers on Tuesday. There were no long queues at any station, as had been the case in times of fuel shortage in the past.
“Our supplies are still adequate for today, but we will likely run out of supplies if the strike continues,” Raden Johan, supervisor for gas station 3111403 in Daan Mogot, West Jakarta, said on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, hundreds of outsourced drivers stopped working and staged a rally at the Pertamina depot in Plumpang, North Jakarta. The drivers are demanding Pertamina hire them as permanent employees. (jun)
