Abraham Utama, Jakarta – International Labour Day or May will be commemorated tomorrow on Friday May 1 in a number of different countries.

Puji Sukiswanti, Denpasar – Hundreds of workers from the Balinese United Labour Alliance (ABBB) held a rally at the Bali Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building in the provincial capital

Andri Yunarko, Jakarta – On Monday April 27 the Indonesian People's United Resistance (PPRI) held a press conference at the offices of the Jakarta Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) to declare i

Jakarta – Indonesian trade union leaders felt enormously flattered to be invited by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to join him on the presidential plane to visit the Central Java provincial capital

Jakarta – An announcement by the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) that the punk rock band Superman Is Dead (SID) will be performing at the May Day Fiesta on May 1 has been denied by

Jakarta – The Indonesia Labour Movement (GBI) has agreed to form its own political party following the commemoration of May Day 2015.

Syahrul Ansyari, Foe Peace Simbolon – In the lead up to the commemoration of International Labour Day 2015 or May Day, the Indonesian Labour Movement (GBI), which is made up of the Confederation of

Natasia Christy Wahyuni, Jakarta – Activists on Friday criticized President Joko Widodo's silence on the beheading of two migrant workers in Saudi Arabia this week, arguing that his resumption of t

Jakarta – Activists are demanding police investigate a non-fatal shooting at a union headquarters in East Jakarta on Tuesday.

Jakarta has summoned the Saudi Arabian ambassador to protest against the beheading of an Indonesian domestic worker and complain that her family and consular staff were not given prior notice of th

Tri Listiyarini, Jakarta – Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti pledged to closely monitor fishing companies operating in Indonesia after a year-long Associated Press investigation reve

Carlos Roy Fajarta Barus & Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – About 200 laborers staged a protest at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta on Sunday, but Vice President Jusuf Kalla says the governme

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura, Papua – Freeport's operations at the Grasberg mine in Papua are being hampered, the company confirmed on Monday, as hundreds of upset employees were blocking access to th

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo vowed to stop sending Indonesians to work as housemaids abroad, because the poor treatment they received was humiliating for the nation.

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's planned ban on the dispatch of Indonesian migrant workers would be a big 'setback' for the country's efforts to create decent work for its citizens, no ma

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Hanif Dakhiri, who accompanied President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's on his recent state visit to Malaysia, has announced that Malaysian employers will no

Batam, Riau Islands – Workers of PT Yee Woo, a garment company producing Adidas brand clothing operating in the Tunas Industrial Zone, Batam, Riau Islands, converged on the City Council on Monday t

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has rejected a request from 27 South Korean companies that they be exempt from immediately implementing Jakarta's 2015 minimum wage.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has highlighted weak labor protection in the country as it revealed that labor disputes were the cases most freque

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Edi Hardum, Surabaya – More than 2,000 illegal and undocumented Indonesian workers who found themselves stranded in Malaysia are scheduled to be repatriated this

Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said Tuesday that the recent fuel-price hikes were not likely to affect the current monthly minimum provincial wage that was set

Jakarta – The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has signed a tripartite agreement with companies and migrant workers to push down costs tha

Jakarta – The director general of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder is convinced that labour issues in Indonesia can be resolved by the government, employees and comp

Fedina Sundaryani and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Hundreds of thousands of laborers across the country joined street rallies on Wednesday, demanding reviews of minimum wages.

Jakarta – Indonesia's National Police have launched an investigation following the fatal shooting of at least four teenagers at the hands of security forces in Papua.

Jakarta – President Joko Widodo has announced Indonesia's migrant workers identification card program will be scrapped due to numerous cases of alleged extortion.

Adela Eka Putra Marza – After expressing their disagreement several days ago over the setting of the Jakarta minimum provincial wage (UMP) for 2015, which has declined relative to the v

Fadli, Batam – The Batam chapter of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) has claimed that the industrial sector in Batam, Riau Islands, will suffer losses of US$10 million per

Jakarta – Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri says he is fully aware of workers' demands for wage increases following the recent increase in the price of subsidized fuels; however, he said,

Most of the problems afflicting Indonesians working overseas stem from problems at home.

Edi Hardum & Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The recent arrest of an East Jakarta woman confirms the continued outflow of migrant workers from Indonesia to destinations abroad, despite the

Bekasi – Once again victims have fallen at a protest action by thousands of workers in Bekasi regency because of repressive actions by police.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri revoked the permit of PT El Karim Makmur Sentosa, a private company supplying migrant workers (TKI), on Friday since th

Ainur Rohmah and Arya Dipa, Semarang/Bandung – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo announced on Thursday the 2015 minimum wage (UMK) for 35 regencies and cities across the province to

Mochammad Arifin, Cikarang – A day after the government announced an increase in fuel (BBM) prices, on Tuesday November 18 around 200 workers held a long-march from Gate 10 in the Jabab

Ainur Rohmah and Suherdjoko, Semarang/Pekalongan – The central government's decision to increase the price of subsidized gasoline on Tuesday led to public transportation workers across

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Poverty, corruption and a lack of legal protection has tripled the number of Indonesians trapped in modern-day slavery to 714,100 people, with many working i

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Fadli and Ainur Rohmah, Batam/Semarang – Thousands of workers staged rallies in several cities across the country on Friday, demanding a significant increase in the minimum wage.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The majority of workers in developing countries, such as Indonesia, work in the informal sector, mostly women who have yet to receive their proper rights,

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – The East Java provincial administration in Surabaya may reject workers' demands that the province set the city minimum wage (UMK) at Rp 3 million (about US$

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of workers across North Sumatra have planned a massive rally for next week, rejecting the 2015 provincial minimum wage (UMP), which was set at Rp 1,62

Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from a number of labor associations said they would be rallying in Jakarta on Monday to protest the government's plans to increase the p

Jakarta – The newly inaugurated Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Hanif Dhakiri, pledged on Saturday to audit all migrant worker placement agencies in a bid to crack down on wide

Fadli, Batam – Around 2,000 factory workers from various trade unions in Batam, Riau Islands, held a rally at City Hall in Batam on Thursday, demanding that the municipality raise the 2

Paulina Quintao – The Secretariat of State for Vocational Training, Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) registered 198 complaints regarding labour disputes in the eight months between Janua

Fadli, Batam – As many as 2,000 workers from various factories and labor unions sponsored by the Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers Unions (FSPMI) held a mass rally on Thursday in t

Jakarta – Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Indonesian copper mine have cancelled a planned one-month strike due to start next week, a union official said on Friday, after reaching an a

Herdaru Purnomo – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's government is walking a tightrope as a new minimum wage is negotiated for Jakarta, seeking to balance a pro-business pledge against