he Jakarta administration wants the initiators of a wildcat strike by Transjakarta workers on Monday reported to the police for taking the job action without prior notification.
Jakarta Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said that as the supervisor of PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta), he had never been informed that the bus operator was facing an employment dispute, which was believed to have caused the walk-out.
Before the incident, the agency had never obtained any notice about employees having an issue with the company and wanting to go on strike.
Hence, Andri said, the strike was a "presumptuous" move, which might have been initiated by provocateurs.
"If they had complained to us [about a grievance] many times but got no response, that would have been our fault and they would have had the right to stage a strike," Andri said on Monday at City Hall. "Instead, this happened and disrupted the public's convenience."
Hence, the agency was urging PT Transjakarta to report the issue to police.
Andri said that he had yet to know the exact demands of the employees as of Monday afternoon as PT Transjakarta was still in discussions with an employee representative.
Officials from PT Transjakarta could not be reached for comment as of Monday at 2:53 p.m.
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