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Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has urged the Tangerang Police to drop the investigation against Omih, 28, a shoe worker who is accused of spreading terror throu

Jakarta – Workers of shoe factory PT Panarub Dwikarya marched to the Tangerang Women's Penitentiary on Friday, demanding the release of fellow worker Omih, 28, who was detained for bein

Zubaidah Nazeer, Jakarta – Indonesian unions vowed to step up pressure on employers to refrain from using contract labor, a day after an unprecedented nationwide strike shut thousands o

Ridwan Max Sjabat, Jakarta – Thousands of blue-collar workers across the nation began on Wednesday a massive strike they said would last for weeks should the government fail to grant th

Rieka Rahadiana and Matthew Bigg, Jakarta – Indonesia said on Thursday it would improve worker pay and restrict the use of temporary contracts in the face of a vow by union leaders, who

SP/Fuska Sani Evani, Bayu Marhaenjati & Arientha Primanita – Around two million workers took to the streets across Indonesia on Wednesday, demanding that the outsourcing employment

Fears of massive traffic gridlock across Jakarta because of a labor demonstration failed to materialize on Wednesday as unions and police ensured that the rallies did not spread beyond

Indonesian unions say more than 2 million factory workers have gone on a one-day strike across the country to call for higher wages and protest the hiring of contract workers.

Bekasi, West Java – Workers of the Indonesian Metal Workers Federation (FSPMI) say they will continue to occupy roads in Greater Jakarta if the government does not meet their demands.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Around 2.8 million workers in 24 cities and on 80 industrial estates nationwide will go on strike in protest against outsourcing practices, a cheap labor p

Arya Dipa, Bandung – West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan issued on Wednesday a moratorium on outsourcing following massive labor rallies across the country on the same day.

Tito Summa Siahaan – A group of 10 business associations called on the government to stand firm to curb "excessive behavior" in labor protests.

Dessy Sagita – Around 10,000 workers descended on Jalan Rasuna Said and Jalan Gatot Subroto in South Jakarta on Thursday to stage protests against outsourcing and low wages.

On 24 September, trade unions belonging to the recently formed Majelis Pekerja Buruh Indonesia (Indonesian Worker Employees Assembly - MPBI) have called for a national strike for Octobe

Jakarta – Activists have criticized the government and House of Representatives for failing to provide protection to migrant workers employed overseas in the proposed amendments to the

Jakarta – Workers from the Joint Labour Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) have agreed to hold a national strike on October 3.

The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry said that more than 50 percent of workers in the country are elementary school (SD) graduates.

Fadli, Batam – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) expects to conduct a joint investigation with the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, or Suhakam, to look into the k

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Migrant worker rights activists have reiterated a call for the closure of the notorious Selapajang Terminal at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, citing it

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Some 100 workers from various labor unions in Semarang, Central Java, converged at the Semarang Manpower and Transmigration Office on Thursday and demanded it i

Throughout 2011 and until now, we are seeing new wave of workers radicalization.

Fadli, Batam – Japan-based company PT Toyo Kanetsu Indonesia's plant in Batam, Riau Islands, has been forced to suspend operations after 400 of its workers, demanding an increase in the

Hundreds of coal truck drivers in South Sumatra are striking against a recent increase in non-subsidized fuel prices.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Hong Kong – Female migrant workers took to the streets of Hong Kong late last week to stage a protest in front of the Indonesian Consulate General building, calling

Fadli, Batam – After going on strike for more than two weeks, nearly 700 workers at a Malaysia-owned cable and wire manufacturer, PT Ho Wah Genting in Batam, Riau Islands, went back to

Viriya Paramita & Lenny Tristia Tambun – A civil rights group says it has received dozens of reports of Jakarta-based companies not paying employees their holiday bonuses, but the c

Dessy Sagita – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions has called on the government to crack down on companies shirking their obligation to pay workers their 13th month bonus bef

Lenny Tristia Tambun – TransJakarta bus drivers went on strike Monday morning over unpaid Idul Fitri holiday allowances and what they call an unfair disparity among bus drivers on diffe

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions have threatened to stage a nationwide strike next month if the government does not act to end outsourcing practices.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar has asked all employers to pay the Idul Fitri bonus on time so that workers can celebrate the upcomi

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Working mothers in Indonesia are still facing barriers to exercising their rights to breastfeed their babies, as employers are somewhat reluctant to take

Ismira Lutfia & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Labor activists have demanded that the labor minister apologize over a statement he made on Thursday apparently belittling work that does

Iman Mahditama and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – More than 30,000 workers from the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) marched on the Presidential Palace on Thursday, deman

Arientha Primanita & Lenny Tristia Tambun – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed government officials to reach a deal with laborers who took to the streets of Jakarta o

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – In a move to boost the welfare of labor, the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry has revised a guideline normally used to determine the minimum wage for l

One of the country's largest labor unions rejected on Monday the government's "inconsequential" proposed revisions to the Reasonable Living Cost Index (KHL), and threatened to hold mass

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Migrant worker advocates have lent their voice to the government's calls for answers from Malaysia in the killing of three Indonesians there by the police this month.

Anita Rachman – Imas Tati still can't walk properly or stand up for long without a cane. When she moves from one spot to another, she has to grab onto something for support.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Two labor unions on Friday filed a demand for a judicial review of the 2001 Law on Oil and Gas to the Constitutional Court, arguing that the law gave rise to

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – A new study shows that Indonesia remains a country with a high number of child laborers, despite its record of reducing children's involvement in the lab

Misti P., Mojokerto – Scores of activists from the United Indonesian Labour Movement (PPBI) went to the 0815 Mojokerto District Military Command Headquarters in the East Java city of Mo

Amelia Tan, Singapore – Maid agents – unhappy with a new policy by the Indonesian government that bars agencies from earning commission from maids – hope to resolve the issue with the I

Fitri, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Supiani binti Abdul Salam had worked in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, for less than a year before tragedy struck.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apkindo) warned Friday of business closures and massive layoffs following the 55 percent increase in gas prices imposed last month by sta

Workers at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s Grasberg mine in Indonesia threatened to return to strike as tensions grow following the dismissal of three union members this month

Indonesia has resumed sending maids to work in Malaysia three years after a ban was enforced because of numerous abuse cases, but fewer than a third of them had arrived, according to a

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions have protested at what they call "cosmetic changes" to a ministerial decree on decent living standards, as the minor revisions will not lead t

Agustiyanti, Surabaya – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar on Thursday called on regional governments to help return 10,000 child workers across the country to schoo