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

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

Rangga D.

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 – 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

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

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

Jakarta – Pay talks at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian unit have stalled but a deadline for an end to negotiations has been extended, a union official said on Thursd

Jakarta – Around 15,000 workers from the Congress Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions (KASBI) took to the streets across Jakarta on Monday, urging the government to immediately implemen

Drivers of Transjakarta buses serving Corridors IX in Pinang Ranti and X in Cililitan, both in East Jakarta, refused to man their buses in protest of bus operator PT Trans Mayapada's de

Ezequiel Freitas – Member of National Parliament Mateus de Jesus says the $115 minimum salary for workers is not enough to cover basic necessities, as the price of goods continues to ri

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Malang – Demand for underage domestic workers is high in Malang, East Java because they can be paid less than adults, and employers do not fear getting caught.

SP/Edi Hardum, SP/Hotman Siregar, SP/Mikael Niman & Bayu Marhaenjati – Some 20,000 Greater Jakarta workers rallied on Thursday to demand a 50 percent increase in regional minimum wa

Jakarta – An estimated 7,000 workers from the city and surrounding areas staged a mass rally, demanding the government significantly raise the provincial minimum wages and retract a rec

Jakarta – Around 20,000 workers from the Confederation of Indonesia Workers' Union (KSPI) staged a mass rally on Thursday from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to the State Palace to

Fadli, Batam – Workers' rallies, ahead of the 2014 City Minimum Wage (UMK) discussion in Batam, Riau Islands, have raised concern among various parties, especially foreign investors.

The Archipelago – Dozens of activists of the Domestic Workers Protection Network (JPPRT) staged a rally in front of the Yogyakarta State Palace Gedung Agung on Tuesday to demand that th

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Hotman Siregar – Thousands of workers staged a demonstration in front of City Hall to demand a monthly minimum wage increase of 68 percent in the Jakarta area

Fikri Zaki Muhanmadi and Sita W.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Thousands of Indonesian migrant workers marched through the streets of Hong Kong on Monday in protest at the Indonesian government's migrant worker identifica

Fikri Zaki Muhammadi, Jakarta – The Jakarta Workers Forum on Friday urged the central government to cancel the presidential instruction (Inpres) that regulates wage rises, saying that i

Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and several other labour associations have emphatically rejected the issuance of a presidential instruction (Inpres) on lim

inda Yulisman/Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, as part of the government's efforts to avert further massive layoffs amid the current economic slowdown, si

aulina Quintao – The Secretary of State for Professional Training Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) has set the minimum wage at $115 per month but employers continue to pay domestic worke

Zulfi Suhendra, Jakarta – A number of companies and industrial zones have been included as Indonesian National Vital Objects (OVNI) in the industrial sector and now come under governmen

Sherr Rinn – During July and August, the Indonesian government firmed up its resistance to any further large increases in the minimum wage.

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Alsadad Rudi, Jakarta – The Cross-Factory Labour Forum (FBLP) disputes the claim that four South Korean companies have left Jakarta.

Sita W.