Lea Citra, Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) is urging the government to cancel plans to enact the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Cilaka).
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January 20, 2020
Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Maikel Jefriando, Jakarta – Several thousand Indonesian workers held a rally on Monday outside parliament to protest against planned changes to labor laws as pa
Karlis Salna and Arys Aditya – Indonesian labor unions threatened to step up protests and strike against a government plan to press ahead with a reform package that includes a controve
Jakarta – The House of Representatives Commission IX overseeing health care and manpower will form a team with labor unions to discuss the upcoming omnibus bill on job creation, which
January 19, 2020
Karlis Salna and Arys Aditya – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is facing a fresh wave of protests over a plan to overhaul the nation's labor law, testing his ability to push through t
January 14, 2020
Jakarta – Labor and student groups continue to demonstrate against the government's omnibus bill on job creation.
January 13, 2020
Akbar Ridwan – Demonstrators from the Workers Movement with the People (Gebrak) held a protest action in front of the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta on Monday.
Muhajir, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation (KASBI) held a protest action in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) in J
January 9, 2020
Rizki Febianto – Cross-Factory Labour Federation (FBLP) Chairperson Jumisih says that workers from various different sectors will continue to hold demonstrations if the government is t
At least 100 workers from the Jakarta Labour Movement (GBJ) held a rally in front of Post 9 in the North Jakarta port of Tanjung Priok on Thursday January 9.
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – A Jakarta labor alliance went on strike on Thursday to protest the government's omnibus bill on job creation, fearing it would deprive workers of their ri
Jakarta – A coalition of trade unions will mobilize thousands of people next week to block the Indonesian government's plan to relax restrictive labor rules, as President Joko Widodo's
January 6, 2020
Jakarta – The government is looking to reform five issues in the current Labor Law that some say have deterred investment into the country through an omnibus bill on job creation.
December 22, 2019
Diana Mariska, Jakarta – The amount of money that Indonesian migrant workers send home to their family every month often exceeds three times the monthly income of their spouses who dec
December 15, 2019
Dili – Timorese seasonal workers have been experiencing 'big problems' in Australia, said Tim Nelthorpe, lead organiser for the Australian United Workers Union (UWU).
December 8, 2019
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – News about the 165,000 Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong dominates coverage of the relationship between the city and the Southeast Asian nation.
December 7, 2019
Kathleen Magramo – An Indonesian domestic helper and citizen journalist deported from Hong Kong for overstaying her visa said on Saturday she was forced to take off her clothes in fron
December 6, 2019
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – Gojek vice president of data science Syafri Bahar has called on Indonesians overseas to return to the country, saying there is no better time than today t
Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – New skills are crucial to prepare Indonesia's workforce for the rise of the digital economy, as more and more companies roll out training programs to addr
December 3, 2019
Jakarta – The number of blue collar workers seeking employment through job search apps has increased sharply, overtaking white collar applicants, according to the observations of human
November 29, 2019
Ahmad Fikri, Jakarta – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil admitted that more than 100 industries in his region have moved to other regions because of wage issues.
November 26, 2019
Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to hand over a revised labour law Bill to Parliament by early January as it seeks to boost employment in South-east Asia's biggest economy, Fi
November 17, 2019
Arya Dipa, Bandung – The Bandung Industrial Relations Court (PHI Bandung) in West Java has found state-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga (Persero) and a cooperative affiliated to
November 1, 2019
Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The minimum wage in Jakarta has been raised to Rp 4.26 million, or $303, per month for 2020, an increase of 8.51 percent from the current minimum wage,
October 30, 2019
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Workers from various organizations staged a demonstration before Jakarta City Hall in Central Jakarta today, Oct. 30.
October 24, 2019
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – The Cengkareng Police in West Jakarta have arrested a man for allegedly abusing a maid working at his house for the past nine years and not paying her a single
October 18, 2019
Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri has inked a circular letter for all governors across Indonesia regarding the increase in the minimum wage of provinces (UMP) and
A former journalist with Berita Satu TV won an important case for workers' rights in Indonesia, with his former employee ordered to pay severance and pending salary on October 9.
October 2, 2019
Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Thousands of workers plan to carry out protests against Indonesia's labour, wage and health insurance regulations, which they say are discriminatory, raising fres
September 30, 2019
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo met with Confederation of the All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI) President Andi Gani Nena Wea and Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (K
August 23, 2019
Jakarta – Protesters from the United People's Struggle (KPR) say that the planned revisions to Law Number 13/2003 on Labour will further burden workers in Indonesia because it will int
August 18, 2019
Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) has accused President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's government of being undemocratic after police blocked a protest action by trade unions nea
August 16, 2019
Jakarta – A number of workers planning to hold a protest action were arrested by police in the vicinity of the House of Representatives (DPR) and People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) b
August 14, 2019
Roni Afriyanto, Karawang – Around 3 thousand workers demonstrated in Karawang, West Java, on August 13 against planned revisions to the Law Number 13/2003 on Labour.
August 13, 2019
Jakarta – The United People's Labour Movement (Gebrak) plans to hold a demonstration during the annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) at the parliamentary complex
August 10, 2019
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Journalists and activists lambasted an Indonesian television network, NET TV, after hearing that the station, which offers free-to-air entertainment pro
August 5, 2019
Jakarta – Hundreds of motorbike taxi drivers protested in front of ride hailing service company Gojek's headquarters in South Jakarta on Monday as they demanded the return of the old i
August 2, 2019
Ade Tri – The presidential and legislative elections are over and the noise of the strident sound of the "festival of democracy" is no longer to be heard.
July 30, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesia plans to start paying a monthly allowance for its two million unemployed next year and provide training to teach them new skills.
July 23, 2019
Jakarta (Bisnis) – The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Minister Bambang P.S.
July 21, 2019
Jakarta (Bloomberg) – When Harijanto needed more workers to make Nike and Adidas sneakers at one of its factories outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta, he couldn't make the numbers w
July 17, 2019
Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani says the government has allocated Rp 10.3 trillion (US$737.51 million) for preemployment cards as part of a program desig
July 11, 2019
The Indonesian Embassy in Saudi Arabia today shared the amazing news that an Indonesian domestic worker has been freed from death row in the Middle Eastern kingdom following almost 19
July 6, 2019
Joniansyah Hardjono, Jakarta – Dozens of Damri bus drivers and the conductors at Soekarno-Hatta went on strike since last night until this morning, July 5-6, hampering the bus service
June 26, 2019
Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – It should have been a happy day.
June 24, 2019
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The disaster victim identification (DVI) team of the North Sumatra Police has successfully identified all the bodies of the 30 victims of the cigarette lighter
The police's ongoing probe into the lighter factory fire that killed 30 on Friday has revealed that the business was operating illegally, which ultimately led to the horrific deaths of
June 23, 2019
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have arrested three people suspected of negligence after a fire ripped through a makeshift factory in North Sumatra, killing 30 people, a police spokes
June 22, 2019
Apriadi Gunawan, Langkat, North Sumatra – Following a fire that killed 30 people at a cigarette lighter factory in Sambirejo village, Langkat regency, North Sumatra, Binjai Police have
June 21, 2019
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan, North Sumatra – At least 30 people died in a fire at a lighter factory in Binjai district, Langkat regency in North Sumatra on Friday afternoon.