Bekasi, West Java – Workers of the Indonesian Metal Workers Federation (FSPMI) say they will continue to occupy roads in Greater Jakarta if the government does not meet their demands.

"We will continue the national strike for up to one month if our requests are not granted," said Saiful Bahri, field coordinator of the rally, in a speech on Wednesday.

Thousands of FSPI workers staged a protest on Wednesday in various locations around Jakarta and Bekasi, with the MM2100 industrial town in Cibitung, Bekasi, as the center, urging the government to stop outsourcing and immediately implement the social security law.

Saiful said that the government was planning to put off the social security law until 2019. "We will keep urging the government to implement the law by 2014. We have a permit for a week of protest," he told The Jakarta Post.

Only a few police were on guard at the in front of the PT Astra Honda Motors building.

At 11.30 a.m. few workers were at the strike locations, with others having lunch break and some performing afternoon prayers. Saiful said all workers were obliged to come back at 1p.m. (fzm/iwa)