By: Choirul Fuadi
CIDISS – 24 coal-carrying barges belonging to PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT) held hostage by group of workers. As a result of these barges is stuck on the Barito River, Barito Utara Regency.
It’s been a week that the docking of ships in waters District Barito Utara. According to the workers, their action was done due to the PT AKT does not pay their wages from October 2015 until January 2016. Nearly one hundred displaced workers, while PT AKT continued to haul coal from Newport Harbor Tuhup Muara Teweh.
“We are asking local governments mediate, and banning coal-laden barges belonging to AKT sailing,” said Hendrik Arbianto, a provider of transportation of coal from Borneo Jaya CV Diesel (BJD) District of Barito Utara as in in kalteng prokal.co.
Coal haulage wages unpaid AKT IDR 6 billion. So the BJD cannot pay salaries of workers. Nearly one hundred workers have left by AKT for four months.
The transport workers, the majority of local residents were suffering from Barito Utara Regency. “At least there’s about a hundred workers suffer constantly and demanding the right to be paid,” said him.