Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government said on Tuesday that more than 1.7 million child laborers, mostly female, are still being exploited in horrendous working conditions in the

Bambang Muryanto – A workers' meeting in Yogyakarta has called on the government to adopt international regulations to ensure the welfare and protection for workers in the tourism indus

Cikarang, Bekasi – Labor unions have canceled the massive protest scheduled for today after an agreement was reached late on Sunday night with the employers association.

Ismira Lutfia & Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Labor unions in greater Jakarta will stage a major rally in East Bekasi, Karawang and Cikarang today to press on their demand for a minimum 1

Bayu Marhaenjati & Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – The Indonesian Association of Employers agreed on Wednesday to meet with protesting workers to try to settle a dispute over a recent incre

Ulma Haryanto – Thousands of workers from a Nike plant in Serang, Banten, are due to receive nearly $1 million for forced overtime without payment in a move apparently unprecedented in

Multa Fidrus, Jakarta – Traffic was fouled for four hours and for up to 15 kilometers around Serang as thousands of workers blocked the toll road between Tangerang and Merak on Tuesday,

Keyko Ranti Ramadhani – A massive wildcat strike involving thousands of workers in Bekasi on outskirts of Jakarta on Wednesday will disrupt the investment climate and business in West J

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Most formal sector can expect bigger paychecks by early February, after the government approved a 9 percent minimum wage increase for workers in every prov

A contentious battle between Nike and laborers at a factory in Serang, Banten, was settled on Wednesday with $1 million in unpaid overtime being awarded to some 4,500 workers there.

Jakarta – Workers at a Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc Indonesian mine on Tuesday halted their gradual return to work one day after gunmen shot two contractors dead on the road t

Workers at a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US company Freeport-McMoRan said Friday they would not return to work, three weeks after officially ending the country's long

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Dozens of employees laid off by PT Riau Airlines rallied at the Riau Manpower and Transmigration Agency in Pekanbaru on Tuesday, demanding severance pay, holi

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A senior lawmaker from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lambasted the government failing to protect a migrant worker left to die in fron

Jakarta – Hundreds of PT Freeport Indonesia workers have returned to work after a three-month strike, but a workers' union official predicts that it will take three or four weeks before

The head of Freeport Indonesia's workers' union has said there will be no further strikes despite growing concern over the issue in Timika, Papua.

Jakarta – Despite disruptions to labor agreements last year, Indonesians working abroad managed to send home US$6.1 billion in 2011.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Migrant workers say they have seen no major changes in the way labor export works in the country, despite recent government measures to improve migrant pro

Thousands of workers at Freeport mine in Indonesia have ended their three-month strike for better wages, after a signing a pay-rise deal with the company.

Dessy Sagita – A leading activist criticized the government on Tuesday for failing to actively engage in efforts to save Indonesian migrant workers on death row overseas.

The union at Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Grasberg mine in Indonesia has halted a return to work after a three-month strike pending the resolution of a local labour dispute,

Timika, Papua – Workers at Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc's mine in Indonesia may delay returning to work, despite a deal to end a three-month strike, in the absence of a decisi

Olivia Rondonuwu – Thousands of workers at Freeport-McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in Papua will start going back to work today to end a three-month strike that shook labor relati

Timika – Workers at Papua's giant Grasberg mine operated by US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan have not returned to work, police in the Indonesian province said on Thursday, despite previ

Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said that an amendment to the Labor Law would give more protection to employees working under outsourcing schemes.

Andreas D. Arditya, Jakarta – A rights watchdog revealed on Tuesday that violations against workers' rights were still prevalent in Jakarta in 2011.

Pekanbaru – Hundreds of cleaning staff subcontracted to Chevron Pacific Indonesia rallied outside the company's premises in Pekanbaru, Riau, for a second day on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Migrant Care, a non-governmental organization (NGO) promoting rights of Indonesian migrant workers abroad, said that 32 migrant workers were on death row, while hundreds of ot

Agus Triyono – Several organizations calling their coalition the Action Committee for Household Workers called on the government on Sunday to quickly ratify an international accord prov

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Home to millions of domestic workers and transferring many of them overseas, Indonesia remains backward in providing protection for these workers.

Sara Schonhardt – As a flare-red sun set, a group of laborers in their 20s and 30s gathered on the bare floor of a battered house wedged beneath power lines in an industrial part of Jak

Although films like "Minggu Pagi di Victoria Park" (Sunday Morning in Victoria Park) by director Lola Amaria have tried to present the living conditions of domestic helpers in Hong Kong

Setyo Budi – After three violent months and a tough negotiation process, the Freeport strike is over.

Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia workers have finally agreed to end their strike after the copper and gold mining giant decided to increase their wages by up to 40 percent.

Anita Rachman – Tired of waiting, dozens of domestic workers and activists ambushed the office of the House of Representatives' Legislative Body on Wednesday to demand the domestic work

Fadli, Batam – Amid fears of security disturbances from potentially escalating workers' rallies, Riau Islands Governor Muhammad Sani has agreed to raise the workers' minimum wage in Bat

Anita Rachman & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A group of maids and activists has vowed to camp out in front of the legislative building in Jakarta until lawmakers make the domestic wor

Strikers at PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua say they will remain on strike into 2012 if no agreement can be reached with management on new wages.

Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Tony Wenas, the vice chairman of the Indonesian Mining Association, said on Sunday that he was worried a union decision to extend its three-month strike at the

Jakarta – The East Nusa Tenggara provincial government has set the minimum regional wage for 2012 at Rp 925,000 (about US$102) a month.

Leaders of various worker's unions and movements say they will group together into a more organized front, and establish a joint committee and local branches in cities to oppose the pol

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has officially lifted the two year moratorium on sending migrant workers to Malaysia.

By Max Lane – The simmering discontent throughout Indonesia regularly overflowed throughout October and November.

John McBeth – For all the democratic space created after the fall of President Suharto, with Indonesia signing on to the core principles of freedom of association and the right to colle

Fadli, Batam – Although the city was quiet on Friday, the situation remained volatile in Batam with Batam Mayor Ahmad Dahlan continuing to reject the demands of local workers seeking a

Anita Rachman – Nanik Sutiyah rents a small room in North Jakarta, about three square meters all around, but it still seems sparsely furnished.

Oyos Saroso H.N, Bandar Lampung – A strike involving medical workers, including doctors and administrative employees at the Abdul Moeloek General Hospital (RSUAM) in Bandar Lampung, Lam

Batam – Indonesian National Police said on Friday that 27 people have been arrested in connection with two days of violent wage demonstrations that rocked the industrial zone of Batam,

Index: ASA 21/035/2011

Fadli and Arya Dipa, Batam/Cimahi – A massive rally involving nearly 10,000 workers demanding a pay rise in Batam, Riau Islands, ended in chaos as six were injured, including one person