KSPI President Said Iqbal Asks Anies Baswedan To Check PT Transjakarta, Allegedly 20 Employees Died Of COVID-19

Transjakarta buses. (Photo: Doc. Transjakarta)

JAKARTA - The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) has asked DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to inspect the PT Transjakarta office. This is because this regionally-owned enterprise (BUMD) is considered not to carry out the rules contained in PPKM Level 4.

KSPI President Said Iqbal said the results of a survey conducted by KSPI to workers or workers of PT Transjakarta stated that workers or laborers were still working 100 percent. In fact, many workers or laborers have died from exposure to COVID-19 while working.

"We have data directly from Transjakarta employees. What is this with the Governor of DKI Jakarta. In his house alone, Transjakarta under the BUMD of the DKI Jakarta Regional Government, 20 laborers have died, Mr. Governor and hundreds of people have contracted COVID-19," he said at a press conference in private. virtual, Monday, July 26.

Furthermore, Said Iqbal asked Anies to conduct an inspection of PT Transjakarta, which is a state-owned company. Moreover, the transmission rate of COVID-19 in the company is already more than 10 percent.

"No one is working on 50 percent WFH, 50 percent WFO. Don't check it. To other companies, they don't check at home. This is the data," he said.

Iqbal also questioned what the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency was doing. Because large companies violating PPKM Level 4 rules are not investigated.

"What's the matter with the head of the transportation department. We ask for shift work, not stop. Operational rotation is regulated. We can see this in our data," he said.

In addition to Transjakarta, said Iqbal, large companies such as Panasonic and Astra Group, Toyota, and Suzuki Group also operate 100 percent on the grounds of obtaining permission from the Ministry of Industry.

"Based on the survey results for two weeks, both emergency PPKM and level 4 PPKM on July 26. 100 percent of the company's factory workers are still operating," he said.