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Fuel prices won't affect wage raise: Ahok
Jakarta Governor Basuki âAhokâ Tjahaja Purnama said Tuesday that the recent fuel-price hikes were not likely to affect the current monthly minimum provincial wage that was set at Rp 2
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akarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama said Tuesday that the recent fuel-price hikes were not likely to affect the current monthly minimum provincial wage that was set at Rp 2.7 million (US$209).
Ahok said that based on the research conducted by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the fuel-price hikes only contributed 1.43 percent to the inflation rate and if the provincial administration decided to raise the minimum wage based on inflation, the increase would only amount to around Rp 38,000.
Previously, workers demanded that the provincial administration make an adjustment to the provincial minimum wage as the current wage did not take into account the fuel-price hikes. They said that after the fuel-price hikes, the more proper minimum wage would be Rp 3 million.
'If inflation is only 1.43 percent how come they want Rp 3 million? If there was going to be a raise, it would only be to Rp 2.73 million, or Rp 2.75 million at the most,' Ahok said at City Hall as quoted by beritajakarta.com. (***)
