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Labor unions announce weeklong protests for higher pay, law review
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Hundreds of workers block a stretch of the Bandung-Garut-Tasikmalaya highway in Rancaekek, Bandung regency, West Java, during a protest against the Job Creation Law in June 2020. (Antara/Raisan Al Farisi)
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he KSPI has announced its plan to hold mass protests from Oct. 24 to 31 to demand better pay and the repeal of certain provisions in the jobs law, noting that the protests were scheduled on those dates to ensure a peaceful inauguration day on Oct. 20.
Labor unions have announced they will be holding a nationwide protests during the final week of October to demand higher minimum wages next year and the removal of labor provisions from the controversial 2020 Job Creation Law.
The protests are set to take place from Oct. 24 to 31 in more than 300 districts across 38 provinces and could involve more than 100,000 workers, according to a statement released on Thursday by the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI).
The KSPI is demanding an increase in minimum wages of 8 to 10 percent, which it says was calculated by combining an inflation rate of around 2.5 percent and economic growth of 5.2 percent in the past two years.
"This is a fight for a decent living. The wage increase isn't just about numbers, but about workers' ability to survive amid the rising cost of living," KSPI president and Labor Party leader Said Iqbal says in the statement.
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The protests are due to begin just days after Prabowo Subianto is inaugurated on Oct. 20, as the unions are committed to ensuring a peaceful transition of power, the statement adds.
