Jakarta – Demanding an end to the minimum-wage talks deadlock between employers and workers, thousands of workers have rallied at the East Java governor's office in Surabaya on Wednesday.

"At the moment workers from cities in the province are heading to Surabaya to pressure the governor to step in and immediately set the minimum wage for eight cities and regencies," coordinator of the Alliance of Laborers against East Java Province, Jamaluddin, told tempointeraktif.com.

The rallying union members – congregating in the provincial capital from Gresik, Malang, Mojokerto, Pasaruan and Sidoarjo – are asking the Remuneration Body to immediate resolve the ongoing minimum wage discussions between employers and workers which are at a standstill, Jamaluddin said. The eight regencies and cities whose minimum wage has yet to be set are Gresik, Kota, Malang, Mojokerto, Nganjuk, Pasaruan, Sidoarjo and Surabaya.

The Remuneration Body has already decided the minimum wage for 30 other East Java cities and regencies. "We will pressure the governor to step in and set the minimum wage to be at least in accordance with decent living standards," Jamaluddin said.