Tangerang – Thousands of employees of the shoe manufacturer, Jatake Industrial Plant, staged a rally in Tangerang demanding the company pay their workers.

More than 1,000 out of a total 3,000 workers were downgraded to home-based workers due to declining overseas orders. However, they were promised to still receive 80 percent of their monthly wage.

"The management only paid home-based workers 80 percent of their monthly wages in March 2007, for the following months we only received 30 percent and sometimes we do not receive any money," said Ida, an employee who has been working for the company for 17 years.

None of the management staff were available to comment.