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Workers rally in Jakarta ahead of wage negotiations
Jakarta Globe - October 2, 2014
Protesters took to the streets at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout, outside the House of Representatives and in front of the State Palace, while 9,700 police personnel were deployed to secure the rallies, police said.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Cmr. Rikwanto said on Thursday police were posted at the protest sites following notice that members of the Confederation of Indonesian Labor Union (KSPI) would rally from 9 a.m to 3 p.m.
The colorful KSPI president Said Iqbal has demanded an average 30 percent increase to minimum wages across the country for 2015.
Protesters have also called on the government to do more to end the outsourcing of workers; where employers place their workers on temporary contracts to avoid the high severance payments and relatively high minimum wages mandated by Indonesian labor laws.
Pay in Jakarta for employees in the formal sector was hiked by 44 percent in 2013 and 10 percent in 2014. The unions say monthly wages in 2015 should be set at Rp 3.7 million ($305) in the capital.
The Jakarta administration increased the provincial minimum wage to Rp 2.4 million from Rp 2.2 million this year. But the KSPI has repeatedly stated the minimum wage for the capital should be Rp 3.7 million. Nov. 1 is the deadline for 2015 wage negotiations between provincial governments and workers.
Source: http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/jakarta/workers-rally-jakarta-ahead-wage-negotiations/.
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