Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – The Indonesian Workers' Union of East Java is demanding PT Bentoel International Investama explain what will become of its 19,000 workers after

Jakarta – The government must take concrete measures to improve the skills of migrant workers in Indonesia and abroad, and put an end to the increasing number of labor abuses, say civil

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Indonesian migrant workers in South Korea, previously laid off due to the global economic downturn, have managed to find new jobs and thus postpone an early retu

Jakarta – A legal aid foundation has accused the government of ignoring migrant workers by not ratifying the United Nations (UN) Convention on the protection of migrant workers, a conve

Jakarta – The government has failed to strictly enforce the Child Protection Law in regards to the increasing number of underage workers, despite the law having been passed nine years a

Jakarta – The global economic crisis has forced a greater number of children into the workforce, particularly girls, many of whom are exploited for commercial sex, the International Lab

Nurfika Osman – The financial downturn combined with cultural prejudices that favor boys over girls is likely to cause an increase in the number of young females dropping out of school,

Tangerang – Thousands of employees of the shoe manufacturer, Jatake Industrial Plant, staged a rally in Tangerang demanding the company pay their workers.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Thousands of workers of shoe manufacturer PT Prima Inreksa in Tangerang, west of Jakarta staged a rally Wednesday at the company's plant to demand that their e

Bekasi – Hundreds of former PT Lestari Santika Garmen workers rallied Monday in front of their garment company in Bekasi to ask for their severance pay, following their dismissal last y

Indra Harsaputra, Surabaya – Up to 800 of the 2,400 employees of the state's largest shipping company PT PAL Indonesia in Surabaya are facing possible dismissal due the financial diffic

Millions of Indonesians working abroad contributed significantly to the country's economy last year with a total remittance value of Rp 120 trillion (US$11.64 billion), a manpower offic

For Risti Ariyani, the dream of working abroad and helping her family is over.

Andra Wisnu, Jakarta – The global financial crisis has reared its ugly head as 46 companies in Central Jakarta have reported their plans to lay off more than a hundred workers, an offic

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The number of jobs created rose by 1.94 million from August 2008 to February 2009, despite the country suffering impacts of the global downturn, the Central

Jakarta – Among the workers who voiced their demands for improved labor conditions during May Day rallies across the country, those employed by outsourcing companies were screaming the

Triwik Kurniasari, Jakarta – Labor unions got together to mark the International Labor Day on Friday, urging private companies across the city not to take advantage of the current globa

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Observing International Labor Day, or May Day, two prominent labor observers urged Indonesia's mushrooming labor unions to merge into several major sector-ba

Today Indonesian workers will celebrate May Day amid deep concern over the weak labor movement and the global financial crisis.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Labor unions have demanded the government and private companies strictly enforce laws on outsourcing, which they say have been rampantly misused to reduce labo

Farouk Arnaz – Sounding like revolutionaries from another era, the People's Movement Against Neocolonialism and Imperialism, or Gerak Lawan, claimed on Thursday that it would mobilize a

Jakarta – The country's laborers will likely face another difficult period throughout the next five years as none of the presidential candidates or political parties represent their int

Depok – In the lead up to the commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day, the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) and the Greater Jakarta Railway Workers Trade Union (SPKAJ) are

Jakarta – As the global financial crisis continues to hit domestic and international industries, the number of layoffs across the country hit a new level, with the manpower ministry ann

Janeman Latul & Anita Rachman – Newly installed business representatives in the National Tripartite Agency for Industrial Relations said on Tuesday that during the ongoing two-day m

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – The global economic downturn has affected more than 1,200 workers in the large-scale and home-based leather industry since late 2008.

Agnes S Jayakarna, Surabaya – Workers in East Java acknowledge that, due to the global economic crisis, dismissals are unavoidable but have demanded companies pay fair and proper compen

Alfian, Jakarta – PT Freeport Indonesia, a local unit of US giant gold and copper producer Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, has filed lawsuits against five workers who refused to

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Thousands of prospective Indonesian migrant workers are on hold as destination countries have to fix new labour quotas given global downturn Chairman of the

Denpasar – The ongoing global financial crisis may see some 20 percent of 4.41 million people working in the Indonesian tourism industry lose their jobs.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Activists have urged the government to provide greater protection to millions of informal laborers, especially those working in home industries, because o

Agus Maryono, Cilacap – Lack of skills and a low level of education have been blamed for the poor quality of Indonesian migrant workers going abroad.

Jambi – Jambi has been seeing a rising number of layoffs in the province since early this year, due to the continued fallout from the global economic crisis.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Hundreds of companies in Malang regency have yet to pay their workers based on the new minimum wage as required under the 2009 regency/municipal minimum w

Despite the school operational fund program (BOS) and the increase in the education budget, the government has responded too late to the crucial child labor issue in the country's least

Jakarta – The Office of State Enterprises (SOE) Minister pledges no layoffs by its companies this year although the global crisis is worsening.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – The country's seemingly militant labor unions, frequently opposed to any government-planned regulation on labor, has somehow run out of steam in ensuring workers

Anita Rachman – A coalition of non-governmental organizations and human rights groups is preparing a draft bill calling for the protection of migrant workers' rights in a bid to push th

A wave of layoffs in the manufacturing sector has struck the country hard.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Siswanto, a resident of Pulo Gadung in East Jakarta, has had to switch jobs to become a motorcycle taxi driver to make ends meet after being sacked from his norm

Alfian, Jakarta – The wave of layoffs amidst the economic downturn has affected 237,500 workers nationwide between October and March, far exceeds government reports.

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – As the economic crisis takes firm hold in the city, hundreds of workers staged rallies Tuesday demanding their right to severance pay after losing their jobs

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Gresik has followed other regencies protesting against the blatant disregard of a recent rise in minimum wages by employers, which it has called on to respect wor

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – The wave of layoffs caused by the negative impacts of the global economic crisis has increased by another 18,000 people in West Java in the first two months

Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) launched a new project involving the National Teacher's Union (PGRI) and other workers' unions to fight child labor in Indonesia, in

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – The global financial crisis has forced several large manufacturers in Banten to file a request with the provincial administration to pay workers less than the

Camelia Pasandaran – An advocate for the rights of migrant workers said on Tuesday that the lives of Indonesians working overseas had not significantly improved since the last elections

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – More than a thousand factory workers in Banten face an uncertain future after two manufacturing firms where they have been working for years made moves to seve

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Hundreds of workers grouped under a number of different organizations staged a rally Wednesday to demand the East Java High Court respect their right to form work

Jakarta – The increasing use of contract labour is undermining the strength of national trade unions and making it difficult for workers to struggle for decent working conditions.