Semen Indonesia 64th Anniversary, This Is The Hope Of The Labor Union

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JAKARTA – Chairman of the Indonesian Cement Employees Union (SKSI) Effnu Subiyanto expressed his gratitude for the company's 64th anniversary which falls today, Saturday, August 7, 2021.

“We hope that PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. We can continue to progress and succeed so that we can continue to benefit all stakeholders and also contribute to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia,” he said when contacted by VOI, Saturday, August 7.

However, Effnu noted that there are still a number of homeworks that must be done by management in the company's internal bodies, especially those concerning industrial relations with employees.

“We really hope that communication and partnership with management will continue to be well established. Indeed, there are still industrial relations disputes that have not been resolved since 2020, but there have been recommendations from the Ministry of Manpower. I hope this mechanism is respected and implemented based on the spirit and good faith,” he said.

According to Effnu, SKSI continues to strive to ensure that workers' professionalism is maintained in their productive activities.

“Employees as a group have demonstrated a productive work ethic by maintaining last year's performance which remained in the profit zone. For this, it is the obligation to employees to be given properly in accordance with the agreed PKB (Joint Work Agreement)," he said.

Effnu added, in the regulations that apply to Semen Indonesia, there is actually a bipartite mechanism to discuss employment issues. However, he assessed that this forum was neglected to be used to build good communication between the two parties.

"Employees' unions really need to open communication channels so that employees can optimally support company programs," he said.

In terms of performance, until the close of the first semester of 2021, the corporation with the stock code SMGR managed to record a consolidated net profit of Rp.794.12 billion or grew by 29.7 percent compared to the same period the previous year, which was Rp.612.46 billion.

Semen Indonesia's achievements in the first half were supported by sales, particularly the export market, which rose 35.5 percent year-on-year (yoy). This book then helped to increase the total sales volume by 5.7 percent yoy.

Meanwhile, during the first semester of 2021, SMGR managed to record a total revenue of Rp. 16.21 trillion, an increase of 1.2 percent compared to the first semester of 2020 which was Rp. 16.03 trillion.