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...changing economic conditions. According to a study by the World Bank, the cost of firing a worker in Indonesia averages 157 weeks of pay, higher than in any other East Asian country except communist Laos. Union leaders, of course, don't see the labor rules as overly protectionist. Dita Indah Sari, a longtime labor activist and chairperson of the Front Nasional Perjuangan Buruh Indonesia union, says current law doesn't go far enough to protect workers. Business and government leaders "shouldn't scapegoat the workers to hide their economic failures," says Sari, who blames the country's lackluster performance...
...Union leaders say increased labor activism isn't the reason Indonesia's clothing and shoe sectors are fading. Dita Indah Sari, chairperson of the Front Nasional Perjuangan Buruh Indonesia union says that a poor global economy, excess capacity in industries like textiles, and security concerns are causing companies to scale back. "If the government can't solve the political problems, don't look for a social group to blame," she says...
...ExxonMobil's senior executives are not bad people. Bukit Indah's setup shows they care about their employees. If they have to be in a place with a war, employees have to be kept safe?and that means depending on the army. They are required by their contract with the government to fund the troops?they have even made sure there is a clause that prohibits the soldiers from conducting any offensive operations in the field. ExxonMobil no doubt thinks it has done all it can do in a difficult spot...
...Lhokseumawe. From Feb. 24 to March 3, mines blew up under three buses carrying ExxonMobil's employees. When mortars landed on a facility called Point A later in March, the company's security advisers decided things had become too dangerous. The firm shuttered its operations and evacuated Bukit Indah, leaving it in the hands of the now beefed-up military...
...July 2 an ExxonMobil spokeswoman said that security had been restored to the company's satisfaction. Foreign employees are expected to return to Bukit Indah's tennis courts and swimming pools...