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-if Jbu Wiarsi's earning figures are correct, means the women get earnings of between 600-880 Rp a day for 5-hr day
-this compares with 1400 a day for a man who can weed 4 'patok' in 7 hrs or 520 a day for a man who [[strikethrough]] spends 7 hrs. applying pesticide
-of the 450 workers, about 200 are permanent, ie. live on the plantation with their families
Jbu Wiarsi would like to release workers who are over 45-50 yrs because productivity goes down, "but sometimes forced to keep them on"-complained
-the non-permanent workers ("bruh borongan") come from mainly from the nearby village of Kebandingan
-workers [[srikethrough]] cook their own food to take to the fields
are 4 stores which sell food + supplies to workers on the plantation
((failed to check the number of worker kampongs on this plantation- may be only 1 or 2 since plant. small))
-Jbu Wiarsi says workers houses provided w/ electricity--((does this refer to all the houses or only those
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near the manger's complex?))
when we arrived on J.N. a heavy ash falling from Galunggung volcano, E. of Banding-repeated eruptions of Galunggung (over 20) this yr. have affected entire tea plantation area- leaf growth down + extra work of washing the leaves before processing; this extra work falling on the workers whose pay rates per K have not gone up tho washing time- consuming (leaves must be nailed to a watercourse, ash settles sticky)
Jbu Wiarsi says that a rule of thumb in hiring is 1 pemetik (picker) per hectare, total workers 1.2 persons per hectare
normally tea from J.N. is sold in processed form to exporters in Jakarta
interest on Jbu W's IDA loan is 13 1/2 % a year on remaining capital (Bunga menurun)
facilities for workers on J.N. included clinic, mesjid[[strikethrough]], S.D. (elementary school), madrasiah (Islamic school),