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35 of the 90 factory workers are women; work as sorters 
tasks carried out by male workers on the plant include
1. playrangan (weeding) 
2. pembratasan (pest control, herbicide applications) 
3. pemeliharan plan (road maintenance)
4. pabrik (factory work) 
5. teknik di pabrik (factory "technical" workers) 

a. kendaraan-vehicle operation 
b. melayukan- writting machines 
c. roller 

factory workers whether male or female get between 940-1140 Rp a day 
may get more (than 940?) but can't get less; piece rates in factory depends on quality-- e.g. a women who sorts higher quality leaves gets a higher piece rate 
[[margin]] see above [[margin]] is an aresin on R.B. with 6! members but limited to wives of "bulanan dan staf" (monthly salaried workers and managerial staff) 
includes wives of mandor besar (chief foreman) mandor bulanan (monthly salaried foremen) and administrative staff - similarly, is a PKK unit but only wives 

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of bulanan + staff participate- are no coops on R.B. but workers have some small savings and loan groups (klompok simpan-pinjam) among themselves 
-acc. to manager., workers work 7 hrs a day x 6 days a week if, however, there is a pest attack or other emergency, they may be asked to work longer hrs.
general working hrs. 7:00-2:00, with a break at 10:00 to eat food [[??]] "probably off early fridays- on our earlier trip to Patahawattee, arrived about 12:30 Friday- all workers gone and not clear (whether would be resuming work that day or not)workers get paid on their day off, I.P. they usually work 24 days a mo. but get paid for 30 or 31 

R.B. factory closed on Monday so all workers take the same day off in addition are 12 paid holidays a year 

here a note which says are small informal [[??]] among the workers one women may belong to several at a time 
management claims that very low mortality rate for children on R.B.