Nuruddin Lazuardi/Heather, Jakarta – Around 600 Postal workers from PT Pos Indo (Posindo) staged a rally outside the Ministry of Communication and Telecommunications (Dephubtel) office on Jl Medan Merdeka Barat, central Jakarta on Monday. They demanding a rise in pay.

The peaceful demonstration also demands that the workers union sit down with the management of PT Posindo to discuss pay, for example that take home pay must be raised by at least Rp 500.000. They demand transparency and "good co-operation governance".

The demonstrators held up banners reading "[We] demand lunch money and over time", "[We] demand health benefits" and "[We] demand housing benefits". The demonstration blocked Jl Medan Merdeka Barat, disrupting traffic. The demonstrators then moved to the edge allowing two lanes of traffic to flow.

The grey and white uniformed workers are from 150 post offices in the Jabotabek area (Jakarta, Bogor and Bekasi). Some representatives have entered the office to negotiate with the Department of Communication and Telecommunication.