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View all search resultsAround 50,000 workers have joined with the Indonesian Working People Confederation (KRPI) to take to the streets across Jakarta to celebrate International Workers’ Day, known also as May Day, on Tuesday. The workers are also ready to perform a cultural carnival for the celebration.
Labor unions in Medan, North Sumatra, have marked May Day with various activities. While some took to the streets to demand salary increases on Monday, other labor activists arranged blood and food donation events.
Labor protesters who gathered in the capital to commemorate May Day on Monday have burned floral arrangements sent to Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his deputy, Djarot Saiful Hidayat, at City Hall after being blocked from protesting in front of the State Palace.
Tens of thousands of workers staging a rally in commemoration of International Labor Day, or May Day, on Monday, have so far only been able to voice their aspirations on Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat as the route to the State Palace is fenced off and fitted with barbed wire.
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