Progressive Prosperous Labor Union (SBPS) condemns the layoffs of Employment (PHK) or layoff, carried out by PT Safelock Medical in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia, against 10 union members, in the midst of the advocacy process regarding the clarity of the ongoing employment relationship between the union and the company for the past 6 months.

This unilateral PHK action is a union-busting practice by PT Safelock Medical Klaten against SBPS officials and members. This suspicion is getting stronger, it is suspected that some of the PHK processes carried out by the company did not use a clear mechanism in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Relations Dispute Resolution.

This dismissal of workers by the company is suspected to be the result of the union’s struggle to request bipartite negotiations to resolve the issue of unilateral dismissal of members and transfers. The company has stupidly not provided any pillars for the union to conduct bipartite mediation on the current case.

Therefore, SBPS demands:

1.  Stop the practice of transfers carried out by the company to SBPS union members and officials, and also appoint all SBPS union members and officials as workers with the status of Indefinite Term Work Agreement (PKWTT). In short: appoint the workers as permanent factory workers.
2. the management of PT Safelock Medical Klaten is required to re-employ SBPS members and managers whose contracts were unilaterally terminated and stop the practice of suppression and guarantee a climate of unconditional freedom of union. In short: rehire the 10 laid-off workers.

SBPS union members have gone on strike on December 3 and 4, 2024, then stopped it for further negotiations. SBPS has threatened to escalate the strike on Saturday, December 7, 2024 if demands are not met. The Director of PT Safelock Medical Dressings is Park Seong Hun and The Commissioner Is Kwak Moon Kyu. Shares of PT Safelock Medical Dressings are also owned by PT Safelock Medical where the management and shareholders are five South Korean citizens:

1. Sung Hoon Yoon, President Director,
2. Kwak Moon Kyu, Director,
3. Lee Jun, Director,
4. Lee Kwang Hee, President Commissioner,
5. Hyeyeon Yoon, Commissioner, and
6. Ismi Kushartanto, Commissioner.

Company Email Address

• y8medical@yahoo.co.kr
• pemasaran@safelockmedical.com
• HR_SLM@yahoo.com
• hr.safelockmedicalklaten@gmail.com

Through this call, Perhimpunan Merdeka, calls on anti-authoritarian networks and labor movements in South Korea to stand in solidarity with the strike by workers at the PT Safelock Medical factory in Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia.

An injury to one is an injury to all!