Dira Derby, Jakarta – A clash broke out between workers and police at the rear entrance to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Sunday when police refused to allow protesting fro

Semarang – Hundreds of people from groups such as the National Workers Union (SPN) and the Indonesian People's United Resistance (PPRI) commemorated International Labour Day (May Day) o

Zely Ariane, in Jakarta – International Women's Day is still much less known among Indonesian women than May Day is among Indonesian workers.

Jakarta – Thousands of workers from various different labour organisations and alliances arrived in waves at the State Palace on Jl.

Ulma Haryanto - As workers around the world marked May Day, they once again drew public attention to the shoddy way in which many companies treat their staff.

Vivi W – Commemorating May Day, 5,000 workers from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held a protest action in Jakarta today against the pro-capitalist administration of President Sus

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – Commemorating May Day today, thousands of students, workers and social organisations held a long-march through the main streets of the North Sumatra provincial c

Violence erupted in Central Jakarta on Saturday as thousands of workers marched on the Presidential Palace to mark Labor Day.

Jakarta – Hundreds of workers in Bintan in Riau Islands literally celebrated the International Labor Day on Saturday.

Jakarta – A number of labor union activists burned down a giant mouse effigy during a rally to commemorate the International Labor Day outside the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Sat

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – May Day was also commemorated by hundreds of workers in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta with demands for the abolition of contract labour, wage increas

Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Students in the Central Java provincial capital of Surabaya enlivened a protest action when they joined workers commemorating May Day on Saturday May 1 in fron

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Hundreds of workers in the Central Java city of Solo commemorated May Day by holding a cultural action and free speech forum, in which they rejected the ASEAN-Chi

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Hundreds of workers and activists in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang commemorated May Day by calling for improved welfare and labour con

Ambrosius Harto, Samarinda – Around 100 worker and student activists commemorated May Day with a demonstration at the East Kalimantan governor's office in Samarinda on Saturday May 1.

Arif Ardiansyah, Jakarta – Journalists from the print and electronic media in the South Sumatra city of Palembang commemorated May Day on Saturday May 1 expressing concerns about union

Abd Azis, Makassar – Scores of students from the United Anti-Global Neoliberalism People's Movement for a Makassar Revolution (Makassar Revolutionary Gate, GRM) commemorated May Day wit

Sofian, Jakarta – Loading and unloading activities at the Koja Container Terminal (TPK Koja) in North Jakarta were paralyzed by a strike that began at midnight on May 1 and will continu

Muhammad Taufiqqurahman, Jakarta – A clash between hundreds of workers and police broke out during the commemoration of May Day in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturd

Ayu Fritriana, Jakarta – During a break in the labour demonstrations in Jakarta, a rat joined the protest action. Of course it wasn't a real rat.

Ratih P Sudarsono, Bogor – Around 400 workers in the city of Bogor commemorated May Day by spending Saturday afternoon enjoying popular dangdut music at the Bogor Botanical Gardens.

Ahmad Fikri, Bandung – A number of labour and peasant organisations in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung commemorated May Day by holding a protest action in front of the gover

Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – Scores of workers and non-government organisation (NGO) activists commemorated May Day with a protest action at the Badjra Sandhi Monument in the Balinese provi

Muhammad Taufik, Mojokerto – The commemoration of May Day in the East Java city of Mojokerto on Saturday May 1 was joined by around 5,000 workers from various parts of the regency who h

Sam King – An Australian company has a significant but little-known role in the creation of the world's largest mud volcano, located in the densely populated Sidoarjo district of Indone

Surabaya, Cirebon, Yogya, Banyumas – Thousands of workers across the nation staged rallies Friday to commemorate International Labor Day, also known as May Day, rejecting outsourcing an

Anita Rachman, Arientha Primanita & Amir Tejo – About 8,000 workers demonstrated against mass layoffs and threatened to reject the outcome of the 2009 legislative elections during a

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Thousands of workers from companies around Malang staged a rally Thursday to commemorate International Workers' Day on May 1, also known as May

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Dozens of journalists in Aceh commemorated international Labor Day, or May Day, on Friday by holding a peaceful rally in downtown Banda Aceh.

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Labour Day, May 1, was commemorated in a number of cities and in various ways.

Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman, Makassar – International Labour Day was also commemorated by thousands of workers in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar, who held a long-march to the gover

Hery Winarno, Jakarta – A worker fell and was trampled during a protest action commemorating Labour Day on Friday May 1.

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – A giant orange-coloured ball was rolled around the Hotel Indonesia roundabout on May 1 adding to the congestion caused by thousands of workers commemorating May D

Andi Saputra, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers from the Federated Alliance of Independent Trade Unions (FGSBM) held an action in which they marched backwards towards the Department of Labo

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – Denpasar municipal police in Bali have taken two Papua youths into custody who they suspect were planning to join May Day rallies in order to call for a refere

Firman Hidayat, Samarinda – Hundreds of workers in the East Kalimantan city of Samarinda commemorated International Labour Day by holding speeches in front of the East Kalimantan govern

Reno Nugraha, Cirebon – Scores of workers and students took to the streets in the West Java city of Cirebon on May 1 to commemorate International Labour Day, blockading the Jakarta-Cire

Adi Warsidi, Banda Aceh – Journalists in the Aceh provincial capital of Banda Aceh also took to the streets to commemorate International Labour Day on Friday May 1.

Jakarta – After holding a demonstration to commemorate International Labour Day at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout and the State Palace in Central Jakarta, protesters from the Indonesian

Nurochman Arrazie, Bandar Lampung – Hundreds of workers and students from the Volunteers of the People's Struggle for the Liberation of the Motherland or Spartan commemorated Labour Day

Bibin Bintariadi, Malang – Commemorating International Labour Day on May 1, the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) demanded that media employers provide journalists with a decent

Soetana Monang Hasibuan, Medan – An estimated thousand or more protesters from the Alliance of Workers and Employees (ABP) held a May Day action in the North Sumatra city of Medan on Fr

Muh Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – Workers and employees in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta used May Day to demand an eight-hour working day saying that workers in shopping centres are fo

Wisnu Aji Dewabrata, Palembang - A International Labour Day demonstration in Palembang, South Sumatra on Friday May 1 took place without the presence of workers.

Mariani Dewi, Jakarta – Contract work and outsourcing systems remain relevant for businesses needing to adapt to Indonesia's volatile market, an employer association and a lawmaker said

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta - May 1, 2008 was a national holiday not for working Indonesians, but for Christians, in the observance of the day of Ascension of Jesus Christ.

Neli Triana – Its 10am on Thursday May 1, and nine-year-old Nur Alfi is standing in the middle of a sea of workers at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Central Jakarta.

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Thousands of workers protested Wednesday in front of City Hall, demanding the administration punish employers who do not provide life and accident insurance.

Dicky Christanto, Denpasar – Protesters at a May Day rally held in Denpasar on Thursday accused the government of failing to protect Indonesians working longer hours for no extra pay.

Jakarta – Workers and students across the country took to the streets Thursday to commemorate International Labor Day.