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Thousands of Transjakarta contract workers become permanent employees
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Dozens of Transjakarta buses are parked along Harmoni Central Busway as the drivers stage a strike in June, in protest at their employment status. PT Transjakarta has decided to officially hire 4,316 contract workers as permanent employees. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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ity-owned bus operator, PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) has officially hired 4,316 of its contract workers, who had previously conducted strikes, as permanent employees.
In June, hundreds of contract workers of PT Transjakarta held a strike in protest at their employment status.
The decision was made after a resolution team agreed to approve their demand, Jakarta Manpower and Transmigration Agency head Priyono said.
The team comprised officials from PT Transjakarta, the Jakarta Transportation Agency, the Manpower and Transmigration Agency, and other related institutions.
"The 4,316 workers who have been actively working at PT Transjakarta Busway since 2004 before PT Transjakarta was established, have been hired as permanent employees as per Jan. 1, 2015," Priyono said, as quoted Saturday by kompas.com.
The city administration initially formed Transjakarta in 2003 as a badan layanan umum (public service body), before transforming it into the Transjakarta Busway Management Body (UPTB) under the Transportation Agency in 2006. In 2013 it became the city-owned bus firm PT Transportasi Jakarta.
Another 111 workers who joined the company after 2015 and who had renewed their contracts more than three times, have been hired as permanent employees dating from the date they joined the company.
The remaining 1,847 workers who only renewed their contract once or twice must undergo the company's procedural selection to be hired as permanent workers.
PT Transjakarta president director Budi Kaliwono said that he expected the decision would improve the employees' motivation to serve passengers. (yon)
