Paulina Quintao – The majority of female workers in the private sector do not claim their full maternity leave entitlements due to a fear of losing out on wages, according to Alola Foun

Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry said on Friday that the moratorium on Indonesian migrant workers seeking employment in Saudi Arabia had not been lifted, despite the s

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The Bogor Legal Aid Institute (LBH Bogor Raya) has recommended that the case involving the alleged physical abuse and forced servitude of 16 domestic workers by t

Paulina Quintao – According to research by the Alola Foundation (FA), many female laborers in urban and rural areas are unaware of labor laws ratified in 2012.

Theresia Sufa, Bogor – The Bogor City Police are investigating a domestic abuse case involving the wife of a retired police general who allegedly physically abused and locked away more

Jakarta – In response to the recent police investigation into a domestic abuse case in Bogor, West Java, the Women's Institute Foundation has urged the House of Representatives to pass

Rights groups have criticised an agreement between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia aimed at giving Indonesian maids more protection in the kingdom, with one saying "justice is still far away

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – The governments of Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide better working conditions for Indonesian workers in the

Jakarta – Amnesty International condemned Indonesia's parliament Friday for "dragging its feet" on the protection of domestic workers, despite the recent brutal abuse of an Indonesian m

Tangerang – Workers from car component producer PT Putra Bangun Reberindo in Cikupa Industrial Estate went on strike Wednesday to protest outsourcing at the company.

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Jakarta – Hundreds of ex-workers of Tangerang tap water company (PDAM) Tirta Benteng staged a rally in front of the Tangerang Administration Office on Monday demanding their jobs back.

Jakarta – An NGO called upon the government to resolve human rights abuses after Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, an Indonesian domestic worker in Hong Kong, was allegedly tortured by her emplo

Tangerang – Hundreds of workers laid off by detergent producer PT Sinar Antjol in Manis Industrial Estate in Curug, Tangerang regency staged a protest Thursday, demanding the management

Gorontalo – Around 80 employees of Grand Q Hotel in Gorontalo staged a rally on Wednesday, protesting alleged union-busting moves made by the company, which recently suspended the hotel

Hong Kong – Thousands of domestic helpers took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers, the second such rally in

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Surabaya – The National Labor Placement and Protection Agency (BNP2TKI) said the realization of overseas remittances by Indonesian migrant workers amounted to Rp 88.6 trillion (US$7.35

Michael Taylor and Yayat Supriatna, Jakarta – US miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold will be forced to lay off workers from the world's fifth-biggest copper mine in Indonesia to of

Surabaya – The problems faced by Indonesian migrant workers are not only that their salaries are being held back by their employers or that they have been forced into slavery.

Tangerang – Hundreds of factory workers held a rally in Tangerang regency on Friday, disrupting a ceremony to commemorate the regency's 70th anniversary.

Edi Hardum – National Mother's Day, which is celebrated in Indonesia on Dec.

Jakarta – As many as 25 companies have sought dispensation to not apply the provincial minimum wage (UMP) for a certain period of time next year.

Fathiyah Dahrul & Kanupriya Kapoor – More than a hundred workers at Indonesia's biggest port in Jakarta have gone on strike demanding the port operator CEO step down, but authoritie

Jakarta – At least 5,000 outsourced workers from various state-owned companies (BUMN) plan to stage a rally in Jakarta on Monday to demand that their companies promote them to permanent

Jakarta – A number of travelers have called on the police to take harsh action against workers who launched a blockade on the toll road leading to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport,

Lenny Tristia Tambun & Bayu Marhaenjati – Thousands of workers rallied outside City Hall on Thursday as they once again protested against the Jakarta administration's decision to ig

Batam, Riau Islands – Noisy crowd of protesting workers are converging on the Hang Nadim cross road seeking to close access to the Batam airport.

The Archipelago – The Indonesian Employers Association's (Apindo) West Java branch has filed an objection to the 2014 minimum wage for 26 regencies and cities across West Java.

Jakarta – As the controversial decree limiting the use of contract workers through the so-called outsourcing method took full effect Monday, businesses have complained over the pervasiv

Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong are more vulnerable to abuse than maids from other regions, according to Amnesty International.

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The head of Indonesia's largest union organization has announced a new strike across several regions of the archipelago to pressure provincial governments into making greater concession

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – The Bali Wage Council's decision to set the 2014 minimum wage for the province at Rp 1.3 million (US$111) per month triggered protests from unions that say

Bambang Muryanto and Jon Afrizal, Yogyakarta/Jambi – Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwo X said that the minimum wage in the province (UMP) 2014 would be increased by around 10

Jakarta – Labor intensive industries are predicting a gloomier business outlook next year, with an increase in minimum wages and growing labor rallies hurting business.

Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – The Jakarta Labor Forum has demanded a revision to the 2014 minimum wage, which was set on Nov.

James Balowski – Tens of thousands of Indonesian workers held a nationalstrike on 31 October and 1 November.

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Jakarta – The Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruled in favor of labor unions, which demanded that seven companies commenced paying their workers in line with the 2013 provinci

Lenny Tristia Tambun – Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo's decision to only allow for a slight increase in terms of the capital city's minimum wage regulation prompted dissatisfaction among

Bayu Marhaenjati – Police said on Monday that they had detained nine suspects in connection to a South Cikarang brawl between demonstrating workers and paramilitary group Pemuda Pancasi

Zely Ariane – The Indonesian working class is fighting to end the age of cheap labor.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The Association of North Sumatra Workers has voiced its opposition toward the 2014 monthly minimum wage of Rp 1,505,850 (US$134), which is a 10 percent increase

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Thousands of workers descended on City Hall to protest a gubernatorial decree that raises the 2014 minimum wage by 11 percent, saying the meager increase constitu

Jakarta – The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry announced on Friday that 12 provinces – including several hosting labor-intensive industries – had increased their 2014 minimum wages,

Yogya – Scores of students from the Student Struggle Center for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held an action in solidarity with the October 31-November 1 national strike in the Centr

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Employers called Thursday's workers' strike "counter-productive".

Fadli and Andi Hajramurni, Batam/Makassar – A widespread labor strike on Thursday paralyzed activities at some 1,000 foreign investment companies in Batam, Riau Islands, as union member

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