Trimo, and the Grief of Pipeline Diggers
The entry of foreign partners has not brought about changes for local PAM Jaya employees. Some have worked for paltry wages for decades.
November 27, 2000
That familiar frustrating feeling of being trapped in a Jakarta street jam. Expletives and rising blood pressure don’t help the situation. Think it’s the worst thing ever? Then, for a moment, consider the life of a street digger.
Trimo is one of many who spends his days traffic-side. ‘Resigned to fate’ is what this candid man’s name means. In 15 years at the Jakarta Municipal Drinking Water Company (PAM Jaya), he h
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