Unresolved Cooperative Dispute, Hundreds Of Workers Geruduk Sorong City Government

SORONG - Hundreds of Sorong Port workers who are members of the Klayum Unloading Manpower Cooperative (TKMB) on Wednesday, June 22, visited the Sorong City Government Office to convey their aspirations regarding the fate of the organization. The hundreds of port workers came carrying various banners containing aspirations to ask the local government to solve the problem of chaos in the management of cooperatives that led to division. The head of the Indonesian National Workers Union TKBM Unit Sorong Port, Daud Asmuruf said that this action was carried out with the aim of getting the government to pay attention to the problems. faced by the Sorong TKBM Cooperative. "Our aspiration is to ask the Mayor of Sorong to facilitate this problem by forming a new cooperative management which is approved by all members," he said, quoted by Antara. It was said that the lack of clarity in the management of the TKBM Cooperative had an impact on the welfare of the members in loading and unloading ports. Re-election involving all members is the best solution to avoid division.

The Mayor of Sorong, Lambert Jitmau, supported the demands of the workers to immediately form a new management so that there would be no problems and divisions.