10,000 Toll Road Workers Threatened by Layoffs

By : Herry Barus And Aldi Firhand. A | Tuesday, October 24 2017 - 21:23 IWST

Illustration of toll road officer (Foto Ist)

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Indonesian Workers Association (ASPEK) president Mirah Sumirat said that toll road workers are still threatened with termination of employment (PHK) following the implementation of automation on toll roads with non-cash transactions.

"Indeed there will be employees who are diverted in other areas, but it will still be more laid-off, lying to say there will be no layoffs," Mirah said in Jakarta on Tuesday (24/10/2017)

Mirah said the toll road management is already planning to divert the toll collector workers in other fields of work. However, the quota required for the job is only 900 people, while the workers who are threatened to lose their jobs, Mirah estimates to reach 10,000 people.

Moreover, toll road managers in Indonesia are not only state-owned enterprises (SOEs). There are several toll roads managed by the private sector that are unlikely to be exposed to the mass media associated with the implementation of automation at toll booths.

Mirah said, besides lies about there will be no layoffs, also there have been lies happened related to the automation. For example, automation will reduce congestion in toll booths.

"It is true that the implementation of automatic toll gate reduces congestion in toll booths, but it is still jammed," she said.

Similarly, the efficiency of time that occurs when the transaction in toll booth is done non-Cash. It said there was a time difference of three seconds faster, ie from nine seconds in cash transactions to six seconds during non-cash transactions.

"Transactions in cash substations are not that long. According to minimum service standards, transactions in toll booths only three minutes to four minutes," she said.

Meanwhile, Head of Operation and Maintenance of Toll Road Management Agency (BPJT) Wahyudi Mandala in the National Seminar on "The Impact of Non-cash Transaction on Potential Consumer Disruption and Consumer Losses" held on Monday (23/10) said that SOE companies that manage toll roads promise not there will be an employee reduction following automation.