Budi Sugiharto/Hendra & AP, Surabaya – Labor action is disrupting Surabaya, with around 15 thousand laborers demanding to directly speak to the Mayor of Surabaya. The laborers, who took over the mayoral offices today at 10.30am, are demanding an increase in the minimum cost of living allowance.

The deputy mayor of Surabaya, Bambang DH, previously decreed that the minimum wage should be set at Rp 297,000. However, laborers are saying that Rp 330,400 is a more realistic amount.

Laborers, gathering under the banner of the Indonesian Labor Union Federation, want to speak directly with the mayor, Sunarto Sumoprawiro. However, as this report goes to net, they have so far been unsuccessful.