Palembang – Hundreds of Transmusi bus employees assembled at the Palembang Mayor's Office to demand the municipality give them four months worth of unpaid salaries.

The employees, consisting of bus drivers, conductors, security guards and administrative staffers, had been on strike from Sept. 26 until Wednesday.

"We demand the Palembang municipality immediately pay our salaries, which have not been paid for the past four months. How can we support our families if we're not paid?" asked rally coordinator Eko Kusnadi on Wednesday.

They also demanded the company repair broken buses so their colleagues would not be at risk of being dismissed. In early 2013, 220 Transmusi employees were threatened with dismissal because 55 buses were not operating and the company was suffering losses.

The strike caused Transmusi's fleet of 80 buses to lay idle and caused passengers inconvenience.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/10/02/transmusi-bus-workers-demand-unpaid-salary.html