Gorontalo – Around 80 employees of Grand Q Hotel in Gorontalo staged a rally on Wednesday, protesting alleged union-busting moves made by the company, which recently suspended the hotel's general manager and demoted five other employees who are hotel worker's union board members.

Ahmad Andrika Hassan, chairman of the hotel worker's union, said that the company had also arbitrarily cut the allowances of 20 employees. Ahmad alleged that the hotel's finance manager, Rocky Liyanto, was behind the moves.

Rocky, however, denied allegations of union busting. "Their habits and working performance are bad. The hotel suffered losses because of these matters," he said.