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View all search resultsAttending the Labor Day event in Jakarta, President Prabowo Subianto announced several measures to protect workers, including a task force mitigating mass layoffs, higher income shares for ride-hailing drivers and the construction of affordable housing units for laborers.
Indonesia’s Job Creation Law, once touted as a fix-all to make employment more flexible and attract investment, is now drawing flak for increasing job market uncertainty, with both business and labor leaders pointing to the President’s demand to end outsourcing as a sign the system is cracking.
The most arrests occurred in Bandung, where police detained 619 people, mostly young men who were wearing black, following accusations that the group painted graffiti on cars belonging to labor union members who were also taking part in the Labor Day protests.
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