Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Yassierli announced that Indonesia's 2026 minimum wage is still being reviewed, with the government preparing a new regulation to gov

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Ministry of Manpower is still finalizing the government regulation (PP) regarding Indonesia's 2026 minimum wage.

Saifulbahri Ismail, Marcel Pereira, Dili – At the 12 November High School in Dili, students listen attentively to a lesson about their country's journey to independence.

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Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The establishment of the Marsinah Museum is currently underway in Nganjuk, East Java.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia's job market showed renewed strain in August, with unemployment ticking higher as tens of thousands lost their jobs and young workers once again bore t

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recently unveiled plans to supply Croatia with some caregivers and construction workers, not long after the Southeast Asian economy announced it

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Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The National Workers Union Confederation (KSPN) reports that as many as 126,160 workers from its union members have suffered from layoffs from 2023 to October

Jakarta – Protesters from a number of labour union federations affiliated with the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) complained about mass layoffs (PHK) during an audienc

Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – More than a third of Indonesia's 146.54 million workers are primary school graduates or below, new official data shows.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's formal employment rate showed steady improvement in August 2025, with 42.20 percent of the total workforce engaged in formal jobs, up from 42.0

Jakarta – President of the All-Indonesia Workers Union, Mirah Sumirat, expressed concern over the planned layoffs of hundreds of workers at the tire factory PT Michelin Indonesia.

Wawan Kurniawan, Jakarta – About 1,800 workers at Victory Chingluh Indonesia, a shoe manufacturer in Tangerang, Banten, have been laid off following a wave of export product returns due

Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi, W – Java.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Congress of the Indonesian Trade Union Alliance (KASBI) reported that PT Victory Chingluh Indonesia, a Nike shoe manufacturer based in Tangerang, Banten,

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Manpower, Yassierli, declined to comment on recent layoffs following the release of his ministry's performance report marking one year u

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transportation Workers Union (SPAI) has called on President Prabowo Subianto to immediately issue a Presidential Regulation on the Protection of

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Labor Party criticizes Indonesia's national internship program from the Ministry of Manpower.

Achmad Ali, Pasuruan, East Java – Indonesia has sent 600 workers abroad this week, including skilled personnel bound for South Korea's shipbuilding and fighter jet manufacturing industr

At least a dozen workers of PT Uni Raya Timber (URT) in Sorong Regency were abruptly suspended from work without notice or compensation.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's job market is showing signs of strain as more than 10 million people are seeking work each year, indicating the gap between steady headline employment figu

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and the Labor Party are set to stage a protest in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building tod

Harumbi Prastya Hidayahningrum, Jakarta – Thousands of online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers are set to protest in Central Jakarta on Wednesday.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers associated with the Online Ojek Drivers Association Garda Indonesia will hold a protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, today.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Association of Online Motorcycle Taxi Drivers (Ojol) Garda Indonesia will mobilize between 2,000 and 5,000 people for a protest commemorating National T

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Commission IX Chairman Yahya Zaini has called for online motorcycle taxi drivers to be included in the national health and empl

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Association of Ride-Hailing Drivers Garda Indonesia has called for the dismissal of Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi, accusing him of incompetence

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – A short video showing hundreds of uniformed employees of PT Gudang Garam Tbk shaking hands in an emotional atmosphere has gone viral on social media since Satur

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Labor Movement Together with the People (Gebrak) will hold a demonstration on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at the Arjuna Wijaya Horse Statue in Centr

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transport Workers Union (SPAI) confirmed that the online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers who met with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka last

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has agreed to meet several key demands raised by labor groups during Thursday's protests in Jakarta,

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Thousands of workers staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building on Thursday, only to find the complex largely deserted after lawm

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Trade unions have scrapped their plans to stage protests in front of Jakarta's Presidential Palace on Thursday as they move the crowd to the parliamentary complex.

Dandi Bajuddin, Jakarta – The chair of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI), Hariyanto Suwarno, believes that climate crisis is the primary driver of many Indonesians seeking to

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of workers across Indonesia will stage nationwide protests on Thursday, just days after a similar demonstration in Jakarta descended into rio

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Labor Party and several labor unions have confirmed they will not take part in the protest scheduled at the Senayan parliamentary complex, Jakarta, on

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Deputy Minister of Manpower, Immanuel Ebenezer, as a suspect in a case of extortion related to the process

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Thousands of job seekers crowded the Jakarta International Velodrome this week as the city government staged Jobfest 2025, one of Indonesia's largest empl

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said that Indonesia's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the 1998 monetary crisis.

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since the 1998 monetary crisis during his speech at

Myesha Fatina Rachman, Jakarta – Indonesia continues to have the highest unemployment rate in ASEAN in 2025.

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Hundreds of thousands of workers planned to stage simultaneous demonstrations across 38 provinces on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia wants Japan to shorten its internship term to no more than a year, as Jakarta refuses to have its citizens work as "cheap labor" overseas.

On 28 July 2025, employees of the palm oil company PT Putera Manunggal Perkasa (PT PMP) in Kais, Sorong Selatan Regency, staged a peaceful protest (see photo on top, source: Jubi) deman

Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The Trade Union Coalition-Labour Party (KSP-PB) has rejected the government's claim that the poverty rate in Indonesia has fallen.

Ruth Dea Juwita, The Manpower Ministry has logged a 32.1 percent jump in layoffs in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, mainly concentrated in the manufacturin

Fadli, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, the capital of Malaysia's Johor state, repatriated on Monday 232 previously detained migrant workers in coordination wi

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Unemployment in Indonesia has become a highlighted topic in a report by the independent Qatari news channel, Al Jazeera.