Nurni Sulaiman, Balikpapan – Up to 3,000 forestry workers went on strike in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Tuesday, demanding the government raise the monthly provincial wage by at leas

Fadli, Batam – As many as 2,000 workers of PT Jaya Asiatic Shipyard in Batam, Riau Islands, went on strike Monday, demanding the company fix its poor work conditions.

Samarinda – The struggle by workers to seek revisions to the provincial minimum wage (UMP) recommenced yesterday, Wednesday July 23.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – State-owned labor insurance firm PT Jamsostek is set to expand its membership among "high-potential" workers in the informal sector, departing from its traditio

Samarinda – Hundreds of workers from the East Kalimantan National Liberation Front (FPN) in the provincial city of Samarinda plan to take to the streets again to day, Monday July 14, to

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Sixteen years have passed since 40-year-old Rina (not her real name) started working as a cleaner at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

Ario Adityo – Indonesian migrant workers demonstrated along with thousands of Hong Kong citizens on July 1.

Ulfa Ilyas, Jakarta – Around 80 people gathered together under the banner of the National front for Indonesian Workers Struggle (FNPBI) and held another demonstration at ExxonMobil and

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A foreign company in Medan, North Sumatra, has reportedly dismissed workers for planning to form a labor union at their work place.

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – Seven labor unions went to City Hall on Friday and urged the Jakarta administration to organize a discussion, to be facilitated by the manpower agency, to revis

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Leaders of Lhok Nga and Leupung districts in Aceh Besar regency have asked French Lafarge co-financed cement factory PT Semen Andalas Indonesia (SAI) to

Joniansyah, Tangerang – More than 18 thousand employees from various companies in the Jakarta satellite city of Tangerang are now unemployed.

Jakarta – Workers unions say that 10 years after Indonesia ratified the International Labor Organization (ILO) convention on freedom of association, workers continue to face discriminat

Jakarta – Homosexuality is not a disease but a social reality that the public should learn to respect, the executive director of the Women's Journal Foundation (YJP), Mariana Amiruddin,

Mariani Dewi, Jakarta – The gap in salaries between managers and clerics in Indonesia widened last year from 2006 in part because of a shortage in talent amid the country's growing econ

Timika, Papua – As many as 700 workers from PT Trakindo Utama went on strike in Timika on Friday to demand higher salaries.

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – Labour organisations have already started socialising May Day, which is due to fall on May 1, by protesting at the Gedung Sate building complex in the West Java p

Iwan Setiyawan, Jakarta – Workers and employees in Indonesia are still not free to associate.

Jakarta – More than a hundred Finance Ministry honorarium workers held a rally Wednesday in front of the ministry offices in Central Jakarta, demanding the ministry provide 6,000 of the

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Medan – Similar to labor conditions in other provinces, a majority of workers in North Sumatra have been left unprotected due to rampant law violations by companies

Jakarta – The Federation of Indonesian Islamic Labor Unions has urged the government to overhaul the outsourcing system, which is said exclusively benefited employers.

Tangerang – Hundreds of people claiming to be employees of money changer firms at Soekarno-Hatta airport staged a rally, causing long congestions at the western gate on Thursday morning

Jakarta, Kompas – Increases in the inflation rate is putting increasing pressure on workers' real wages.

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Hundreds of inter-city public transport drivers demonstrated in front of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) on Wednesday April 3.

Jakarta – Hundreds of minivan drivers staged a rally in front of the City Council building on Wednesday, demanding privately owned vehicles stop picking up passengers in West Jakarta.

Jakarta – Hundreds of contract workers hired by bus operator Transjakarta, who are members of the Indonesian Madani Labor Union, staged a rally Monday demanding they be made permanent e

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned employers across the country Wednesday against resorting to layoffs whenever disagreement arose between them and their

Jakarta – A lack of knowledge about Saudi Arabia's legal system and culture is partly to blame for the imprisonment of many Indonesians working in the Islamic state, a non-governmental

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Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – An alliance of entrepreneurs and workers groups has established a bipartite forum to help settle industrial labor disputes and problems.

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Sam King, Puncack – Transport workers from six different sectoral unions met from January 23-25 in West Java to form the National Transport Workers Union (FBTN).

Jakarta – Most workers in industrial estates in Sumatra and Java have yet to benefit from higher monthly wages, despite the regional minimum wage increase which came into effect in Janu

Padang, West Sumatra – Padang-based biscuit maker PT Asia Megah Biskuit has halted operations since Dec. 22 last year after a series of demonstrations by its more than 600 workers.

Jakarta – Many employers have voiced strong opposition to the minimum wage hikes of Jan.

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – Disappointed by the final draft of a severance pay regulation, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said it wanted to maintain the current arr

Jakarta – The execution of Indonesian maid Yanti Sukardi by Saudi Arabian authorities Friday was proof that the Indonesian government had failed to protect its migrant workers, the Migr

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Three decades have passed, but state insurance company PT Jamsostek's holding monopoly in social security programs has yet to show its performance in provi

Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers, non-governmental organizations and students in Malaysia are up in arms over the anticorruption court's ruling that former Indonesian ambassador to

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Workers at small-scale cigarette producers in Malang, East Java, Wednesday staged a rally at the Malang Customs and Excise Office to protest a ministerial

Jakarta – National student union Cipayung Group criticized the government Friday for arresting nine of its members during a recent rally marking National Solidarity Day in Medan, North

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government has issued a new regulation increasing compensation for death and occupational accident claims, for eligible workers (or their families) par

Jakarta – The union of state railway operator PT KAI on Monday threatened a large-scale strike from Dec.

Hundreds of workers of the country's largest nickel producer, PT Inco, in Soroako, South Sulawesi, ended their 11-day strike Sunday afternoon.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta/Makassar – Thousands of workers of publicly listed PT International Nickel Indonesia (Inco) entered the sixth day of their strike in Soro

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – After a meeting in London this week, the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to ensure the state

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Considering the current investment climate, industrial strikes are not the best way for workers to settle disputes with employers, a newly appointed offici

Trisha Sertori/J.B. Djwan, Contributors, Bima and Flores – Daily there are dozens of stories of Indonesia's female migrant workers (TKW) in the news.

Jakarta – Scholars have criticized the lack of legal protection for Indonesian migrant workers, citing many loopholes in the law's implementation.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam could face an unemployment explosion in two years after reconstruction work in Aceh is completed, says a local