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Mikrotrans drivers protest distance-based wage scheme
Mikrotrans drivers protested on Tuesday over a distance-based wage scheme that they said was nearly unattainable due to the city’s notorious traffic and left them with incomes below Jakarta's minimum wage.
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Drivers of city-operated Mikrotrans demonstrate on July 30, 2024 at City Hall in Central Jakarta, demanding the city administration’s transparency in the quota for public minivan drivers to join the city-owned JakLingko transit system. (Antara/Bayu Pratama S)
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undreds of drivers of city-owned Mikrotrans, a modernized version of the angkot public minivan service, staged a protest on Tuesday in front of City Hall in Central Jakarta to demand a better wage scheme.
Drivers parked their minivans along Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan during the protest, which ran from 7:30 a.m. to around 12 p.m. on July 30.
The protest led to traffic congestion in the area, prompting state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) to delay several intercity train departures from nearby Gambir Station and reroute other services to Jatinegara Station in East Jakarta.
The Mikrotrans drivers were protesting the current wage calculation formula, which requires them to meet a daily target of 100 kilometers to receive full pay.
A single Mikrotrans service is generally split into two shifts operated by different drivers each day, but they rarely fulfill the 100 km target due to traffic congestion.
“Many of us cannot reach this target, which is affecting our pay,” Jhon Kenedy, a drivers’ representative from angkot operator Komilet Jaya, said during the protest, as quoted by Kompas.id.
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