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Nurfika Osman and Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Rather than ensuring that the police take firm action against violent or prolonged labor protests, top government officials are conten

Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – Indonesia must improve the quality of its local human resources so that more unemployed people can find jobs amid robust economic growth, a senior offic

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Only six provinces in the country have agreed to increase the regional minimum wage for 2013, while 27 others are expected to follow suit soon.

Ten big companies will shut down their production in Indonesia as a result of unfavorable employment policies, according to Sarman Simanjorang, the deputy chairman of the Jakarta chapte

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Increases in workers' monthly salaries are important as they will help them pay the premiums for the national social security program to be implemented in

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Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – At least 10 companies are considering closing their businesses in Indonesia and relocating to other countries unless the government settles several labor i

Jakarta – "Indonesian maids now on sale" advertisement leaflets found by migrant care executive director Anis Hidayat in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, have generated publ

Ronna Nirmala, Rangga Prakoso & Vento Saudale – The Bekasi Workers' Association has slammed recent attacks launched by a group of people on several workers' posts in the Jababeka In

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry is preparing a new decree that will make it difficult for companies to conduct outsourcing practices – a move that

Ronna Nirmala/Ratna Nuraini – Unidentified individuals have attacked at least 10 labour coordination posts.

A number of investors in the shoe-making sector backed out of their plans involving Indonesia, following the recent wave of labor demonstrations at a major industrial park, an executive

Dessy Sagita – A labor union official has welcomed Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's promise to negotiate a higher minimum wage, but not if it is a product of the media e

Kuala Lumpur – Reacting to news that 151 Indonesians have been shot dead by Malaysian police in the past five years, the Indonesian Embassy in Malaysia has announced that it will soon q

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Defying a ruling by the Constitutional Court, the government has insisted that all employees joining the national social security programs must pay the pre

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers staged a demonstration in front of the Jakarta City Hall on Wednesday, demanding that Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to raise the minimum regional wage and

Denpasar – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says that the government will issue a new regulation abolishing labor outsourcing by the end of October.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Labor unions in North Sumatra have opposed the provincial administration's decision to raise the 2013 provincial minimum wage by only Rp 105,000 (US$10.92), or

Grace Susetyo – Fans of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales may remember the story of "The Elves and the Shoemaker."

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that employers had to register their workers on national health-care and occupational social security programs, a

In its press statement on October 3, the Indonesian Workers and Labourers Assembly (MPBI) stated that 2 million workers mobilized for the national strike it called for that date, with m

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government has decided on the heels of last week's labor protests to impose tighter restrictions on the employment of workers through outsourcing.

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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