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View all search resultsThe KSPI has released a statement announcing nationwide strikes on Nov. 19 and Dec. 24 over the government's failure to comply with the Constitutional Court's 2021 ruling to amend the highly contentious jobs law, as well as its failure to meet workers' minimum wage demands conveyed last month.
The Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) has kicked off what it says will be a nationwide wave of mass protests ahead of November, the month in which the next year’s minimum wage is typically determined.
Following Tuesday’s announcements of the 2024 provincial minimum wages, labor leader Said Iqbal, who heads several unions, said 5 million workers are gearing up for nationwide walkouts to ensure their demands are met.
It would be unfair to use the civil servant salary increase as a pretext to demand a minimum wage hike since the government decided to raise the wage of civil servants, military personnel and pensioners after a four-year moratorium, while the private-sector minimum wage has increased every year.
Labor unions are demanding that the government raise the minimum wage by 15 percent for next year in response to improved economic performance in the country this year, but employers contend that such a wage hike would be impossible given the business situation’s continuing precariousness.
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