Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry announced on Friday that 12 provinces – including several hosting labor-intensive industries – had increased their 2014 minimum wages,

Edzan Raharjo, Yogyakarta – An action in solidarity with the national strike was held by scores of students from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) at the

Yogya – Scores of students from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held an action in solidarity with the October 31-November 1 national strike in the Centr

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Employers called Thursday's workers' strike "counter-productive".

Fadli and Andi Hajramurni, Batam/Makassar – A widespread labor strike on Thursday paralyzed activities at some 1,000 foreign investment companies in Batam, Riau Islands, as union member

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Rangga Fadilah, Cikarang – Factories on the MM2100 industrial estate in West Cikarang, Bekasi, had their production severely disrupted on Thursday due to the ongoing nationwide workers'

Fadli, Batam – Approximately 1,000 foreign investment companies across 26 industrial estates in Batam shut down almost all their operations on Thursday as workers joined the nationwide

Andi Hajramurni and Fadli, Makassar – Ahead of the two-day nationwide strike on Thursday, dozens of workers in Makassar, South Sulawesi visited factories at the Makassar Industrial Esta

Yuli Tri Suwarni and Theresia Sufa, Depok – Workers in Bogor and Depok held rallies at several locations, resulting in traffic congestion in many areas.

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – A decree by Jambi Governor Hasan Basri Agus, which sets the province's 2014 minimum wage at Rp 1,502,230 (US$133.7) has drawn protests from the provincial branch of

Jakarta – Deputy Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro says that an increase in the provincial minimum wage will not affect inflation in 2014.

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has set the province's 2014 monthly minimum wage at Rp 1.9 million (US$169.10), up from the current minimum wage of Rp 1.75 million.

Camelia Pasandaran – A brawl between striking workers and paramilitary youth organization Pemuda Pancasila left eight people injured and 18 motorcycles destroyed in South Cikarang on Th

As the Jakarta wage council sat down today to set the regional minimum wage for 2014, a two-day strike began across the country and workers took to the streets.

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Jakarta – A clash between striking workers and members of the Pemuda Pancasila (PP) youth organization has broken out in front of the PT Schneider factory in the Cikarang industrial are

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of workers went on strike across Indonesia Thursday, in the latest industrial action to hit Southeast Asia's top economy as its citizens seek

Agita Sukma Listyanti, Surabaya – Protesting workers are threatening to occupy the East Java governor's office in the provincial capital of Surabaya if their demands for a regional and

Sandy Adam Mahaputra, Syahrul Ansyari – The president of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, is demanding that three social organisations in Bekasi, West Ja

Erul, Makassar – On Thursday October 31, several different organisations from the group Social Solidarity Action for the Indonesian People (Samurai) again held a protest action in front

Semarang – Hundreds for workers from the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang have blockaded the Java northern coast (pan

Jakarta – Former labour activist Dita Indah Sari says that a mature labour movement must strengthen its "negotiating muscles" or capacity to negotiate with individual companies rather t

Fadli, Batam – The Riau branch of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Riau says the two-day provincewide strike resulted in a revenue loss of Rp 220 billion (US$19.8

Many domestic workers within Asia and those who have migrated from Asia to the Middle East experience a wide range of abuse, including unpaid wages, restrictions on leaving the househol

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) Chairman, Sofyan Wanandi, said a labor wage increase would not solve labors' problems, especially relating to their standard of l

WE MUST: (minimal) 50% wage increase
Abolish Outsourcing
Social Insurance for all the people
and STOP PRODUCTION (STRIKE) on a National Scale!

Liberation Greetings,

Bekasi, West Java – The Indonesian Labor Union Confederation (KSPI) is predicting that three million workers will join a nationwide strike on October 31 and November 1, 2013 to demand a

The Jakarta Wage Council has set the 2014 reasonable living cost index (KHL) at Rp 2.2 million ($199), much lower than the Rp 2.7 million that workers were originally calling for.

Jakarta – Thousands of workers rallied in front of the manpower office in Batam, Riau Island, causing traffic congestion along Jl.

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The government has called on workers to remain peaceful during an upcoming five-day national strike, which is expected to start on Monday.

Andi Hajramurni and Suherdjoko, Makassar/Semarang – Workers from a number of companies in Makassar staged a rally on Thursday, demanding the South Sulawesi provincial administration rai

Sulistiyono, Jakarta – Labour Movement National Committee (KNGB) member Said Iqbal has confirmed that a national strike will be held in late October and will be joined by millions of wo

Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various associations staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives on Jl.

Jakarta – Thousands of workers from Jakarta and surrounding areas demonstrated demanding welfare improvements on Thursday October 17. The action created traffic jams between Jl.

Raka F Pujangga, Semarang – An Indonesian labour movement workshop at the Pandanaran Hotel in the Central Java capital of Semarang facilitated by the Trade Union Rights Centre (TURC) ha

Jakarta – The Global Slavery Index 2013, published by the Walk Free Foundation, an Australian-based organization dedicated to eradicating modern-day slavery, reveals that there are more

Fitri, Mataram – As the bodies of four Indonesians shot dead by Malaysian police last week arrived and were subsequently buried in their hometown here on Thursday, demands are mounting

Kanupriya Kapoor – Thousands of Indonesian workers took to the streets of the capital on Thursday, demanding that the government raise wages and adding to fears that labor costs in Sout

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Dina Manafe – The case of Indonesian migrant worker Wilfrida Soik, 22, who is facing the death penalty in Malaysia, should serve to push the House of Representatives to ratify a bill of

Ethan Harfenist, Arientha Primanita & AFP – The United States Labor Department praised 10 countries, including Indonesia, for their "significant advancement" in fighting the worst f

Jakarta – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc reached a tentative agreement with Indonesian union workers on Wednesday over wages and pensions, a union official said, raising hopes t

The Bandung State Administrative Court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by four trade unions against the suspension of the 2013 minimum wage plan on 257 companies by West Java Gove

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Hundreds of workers from Central Java staged a rally on Wednesday, in front of the governor's office in Semarang, demanding monthly wages of Rp 2.1 million (US$18

Jakarta – Electricity company PT PLN's outsourced workers, who recently threatened to strike if they were not promoted as permanent employees, are increasing the pressure on PLN by thre

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – After some inconsistencies, the government made it clear on Thursday that it will not cap minimum wage increase in the presidential instruction that will serve

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – A minister has retracted his claim that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had signed a presidential instruction that will cap the increase on minimum wages