In Reply to: Kartika Plaza, posted by Sue on Wednesday, 31. January 2001 at 20:00 Bali Time:
Here are some quotes from the "Bali Update", an online news report over bali:
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KARTIKA PLAZA - CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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On December 18, the union representing the 319-room Kartika Plaza went on
strike demanding increased transportation allowances and higher year-end
bonus payments. If the Union's plan was to hold the hotel ransom with a
sudden strike just before the busy holiday season, that plan may have badly
backfired when the management of the hotel decided to close the property
until further notice. The management relocated the guests in house, made
alternate arrangements for the full house of bookings arriving over the next
week and then informed they would be issuing announcements on the hotel's
future on a "monthly basis."
According to the well-informed Tourism & Business Strategic Communication
Newsletter, the hotel, like many others in Indonesia, is technically
insolvent with outstanding debts standing at US$ 23.9 million plus some
$556,000 in unpaid interest.
In a further move, the hotel's management has announced that the striking
staff who failed to give the required 7 day's notice before launching a
strike had already been stricken off the company's payroll and could, if
they so choose, file claims in accordance with the legal procedures in
place. The Union's announcement that they were now prepared to "talk" got
little response from management, who advised that they were on holiday and
would consider the hotel's future sometime after the New Year."
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KARTIKA PLAZA DEADLOCK CONTINUES
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The closure of the Kartika Plaza Hotel in Tuban, which commenced on December
18, continues with no end in sight. Staff walked out of the hotel in
mid-December in a wildcat strike demanding increases in annual bonuses and
transportation allowances. The Owners of the Hotel, claiming the strike did
not honor government rules requiring a seven-day prior notice consider the
strike illegal, have declared the strikers as "self-terminated," and the
hotel closed until further notice.
Meetings in recent weeks between Union Representatives and the Hotel's
Management, mediated by the local Labor Office, have so far yielded no
progress towards settling the dispute.