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Article

28 Jul 2006

Author:
Service Employees International Union

Securicor Indonesia workers win; year long struggle to force multinational security provider to respect worker's human rights pays off

Security workers for Securicor [now Group 4 Securicor] Indonesia declared victory today after more than a year on strike and an outpouring of community and international support pressured the multinational firm to respect human rights in Indonesia...Ferry Nelson, General Secretary of the Securicor Indonesia Labor Union...[said] "We've forced them to respect human rights in Indonesia."...On April 25, 2005, about 500 security guards engaged in a legal strike...the company fired 238 striking workers in...Jakarta, and an additional 24 in Surabaya. The firings were followed by a campaign of harassment and intimidation using outdated Indonesian laws that criminalize behaviors allowed in most democracies...The Securicor Indonesia Labor Union reports that Securicor Indonesia has agreed to pay severance plus 11 months of back pay to the fired workers in Jakarta...also...criminal charges brought against the union president and several union members have been dropped..."For over a year, we have struggled and gone without paychecks, been unable to feed our families," said Securicor Indonesia security officer Yachya...