Bekasi – Thousands of workers came out on strike in a number of areas of Greater Jakarta on Tuesday, demanding the revocation of Government Regulation (PP) No. 78/2015 concerning wages.
The strike passed off without major incident and no workplace sweeps were reported although some groups did visit companies asking workers to join them.
Agus Setiawan, secretary of the Bekasi Regency Businessmen's Association, said as quoted by tempo.co that most factories in the industrial area continued to operate as only a few workers took part in the strike.
According to Agus, Bekasi Police had vowed that they would ensure no sweeps would occur in industrial areas.
Meanwhile, hundreds of workers in North Jakarta went to PT Tainan Enterprises 3 to persuade their fellow workers to join them having previously sought permission from the management.
Jakarta Police spokesman Mohammad Iqbal said the police had deployed 6,000 officers to safeguard industrial areas and prevent sweeps.