Akmalal Hamdhi, Jakarta – More than a third of Indonesia's 146.54 million workers are primary school graduates or below, new official data shows.

Ria Fortuna Wijaya, Jakarta – Indonesia's formal employment rate showed steady improvement in August 2025, with 42.20 percent of the total workforce engaged in formal jobs, up from 42.0

Jakarta – President of the All-Indonesia Workers Union, Mirah Sumirat, expressed concern over the planned layoffs of hundreds of workers at the tire factory PT Michelin Indonesia.

Wawan Kurniawan, Jakarta – About 1,800 workers at Victory Chingluh Indonesia, a shoe manufacturer in Tangerang, Banten, have been laid off following a wave of export product returns due

Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi, W – Java.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Congress of the Indonesian Trade Union Alliance (KASBI) reported that PT Victory Chingluh Indonesia, a Nike shoe manufacturer based in Tangerang, Banten,

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Manpower, Yassierli, declined to comment on recent layoffs following the release of his ministry's performance report marking one year u

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transportation Workers Union (SPAI) has called on President Prabowo Subianto to immediately issue a Presidential Regulation on the Protection of

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Labor Party criticizes Indonesia's national internship program from the Ministry of Manpower.

Achmad Ali, Pasuruan, East Java – Indonesia has sent 600 workers abroad this week, including skilled personnel bound for South Korea's shipbuilding and fighter jet manufacturing industr

At least a dozen workers of PT Uni Raya Timber (URT) in Sorong Regency were abruptly suspended from work without notice or compensation.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's job market is showing signs of strain as more than 10 million people are seeking work each year, indicating the gap between steady headline employment figu

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and the Labor Party are set to stage a protest in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building tod

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers associated with the Online Ojek Drivers Association Garda Indonesia will hold a protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, today.

Harumbi Prastya Hidayahningrum, Jakarta – Thousands of online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers are set to protest in Central Jakarta on Wednesday.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Association of Online Motorcycle Taxi Drivers (Ojol) Garda Indonesia will mobilize between 2,000 and 5,000 people for a protest commemorating National T

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – House of Representatives Deputy Commission IX Chairman Yahya Zaini has called for online motorcycle taxi drivers to be included in the national health and empl

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Association of Ride-Hailing Drivers Garda Indonesia has called for the dismissal of Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi, accusing him of incompetence

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – A short video showing hundreds of uniformed employees of PT Gudang Garam Tbk shaking hands in an emotional atmosphere has gone viral on social media since Satur

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Labor Movement Together with the People (Gebrak) will hold a demonstration on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at the Arjuna Wijaya Horse Statue in Centr

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transport Workers Union (SPAI) confirmed that the online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers who met with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka last

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – Trade unions have scrapped their plans to stage protests in front of Jakarta's Presidential Palace on Thursday as they move the crowd to the parliamentary complex.

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has agreed to meet several key demands raised by labor groups during Thursday's protests in Jakarta,

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Thousands of workers staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building on Thursday, only to find the complex largely deserted after lawm

Dandi Bajuddin, Jakarta – The chair of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Union (SBMI), Hariyanto Suwarno, believes that climate crisis is the primary driver of many Indonesians seeking to

Salman Mardira, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of workers across Indonesia will stage nationwide protests on Thursday, just days after a similar demonstration in Jakarta descended into rio

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – The Labor Party and several labor unions have confirmed they will not take part in the protest scheduled at the Senayan parliamentary complex, Jakarta, on

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Deputy Minister of Manpower, Immanuel Ebenezer, as a suspect in a case of extortion related to the process

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – Thousands of job seekers crowded the Jakarta International Velodrome this week as the city government staged Jobfest 2025, one of Indonesia's largest empl

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said that Indonesia's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the 1998 monetary crisis.

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since the 1998 monetary crisis during his speech at

Myesha Fatina Rachman, Jakarta – Indonesia continues to have the highest unemployment rate in ASEAN in 2025.

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Hundreds of thousands of workers planned to stage simultaneous demonstrations across 38 provinces on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia wants Japan to shorten its internship term to no more than a year, as Jakarta refuses to have its citizens work as "cheap labor" overseas.

On 28 July 2025, employees of the palm oil company PT Putera Manunggal Perkasa (PT PMP) in Kais, Sorong Selatan Regency, staged a peaceful protest (see photo on top, source: Jubi) deman

Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The Trade Union Coalition-Labour Party (KSP-PB) has rejected the government's claim that the poverty rate in Indonesia has fallen.

Fadli, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, the capital of Malaysia's Johor state, repatriated on Monday 232 previously detained migrant workers in coordination wi

Ruth Dea Juwita, The Manpower Ministry has logged a 32.1 percent jump in layoffs in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, mainly concentrated in the manufacturin

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Unemployment in Indonesia has become a highlighted topic in a report by the independent Qatari news channel, Al Jazeera.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Transport Workers Union (SPAI) is calling on the government to swiftly regulate the pricing scheme for food and beverage deliveries via online mo

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers from Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) are staging a demonstration tod

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The latest survey conducted by Bank Indonesia (BI) reveals that the Job Availability Index (IKLK) for June 2025 has fallen into a pessimistic zone, with a sco

Kiki Safitri, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – National Police Chief (Kapolri) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has received the highest award from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Eka Jaya Saputra, Bekasi, West Java – Hundreds of workers across various industries in Bekasi regency, West Java, have lost their jobs as a wave of layoffs continues into early July 202

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – The persisting waves of layoffs remain a source of anxiety among Indonesian workers.

Mita Amalia Hapsari, Jakarta – The government has started disbursing its 2025 Wage Subsidy Assistance (BSU) program, providing Rp 600,000 ($37) in total to eligible workers.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Garda Indonesia, an online motorcycle taxi drivers association, alongside various alliances of online motorcycle taxi (online ojek or ojol) organization

Alfi Dinilhaq, Jakarta – Indonesia has received more than 1.7 million overseas job requests from partner countries as of May 2025, but has only managed to fill around 297,000 of those p

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – Bank Indonesia's (BI) Consumer Survey for May 2025 shows that the Job Availability Index has fallen into the pessimistic zone, reaching a level of 95.7.