Bekasi – Hundreds of former PT Lestari Santika Garmen workers rallied Monday in front of their garment company in Bekasi to ask for their severance pay, following their dismissal last year.

The rally attendants closed the company's main gates located on Jl. Kaliabang Tengah.

In August last year, the company dismissed 405 workers citing financial constraints. The former workers protested against the dismissal as they found the company had later recruited some 200 new workers and built new houses for workers coming from out of town.

The dismissed employees have yet to receive their severance pay, amounting to two months salary. "The dismissal is a one-sided decision and has violated our rights," Wana, one of ex-workers told tempointeraktif.com.

Producing garments like clothes, shirts and jacket, Lestari exports its products to the Netherlands, Japan, Germany and Thailand.