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Editorial 5 months ago

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Redesigning Tapera

Soaring land prices, costly construction materials, inconsistent spatial planning and stringent bank requirements for mortgages pose a challenge to house saving schemes like Tapera.

Politics 6 months ago

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Protesters decry ‘bare minimum’ govt response

Protesters, workers and civil groups said Prabowo Subianto’s administration and the government-controlled House of Representatives have fallen far short in addressing demands raised during the recent nationwide protests, despite their reactions and concessions.

Jakarta 6 months ago

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Workers hold protest demanding better protection

Hundreds of workers protested in front of the House of Representatives complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta on Thursday to demand a revision to the labor law and ways to ensure better work protection across the country.

Academia 8 months ago

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Housing policy: Shrinking homes means shrinking dignity

The tiny house initiative risk repeating past mistakes: creating soulless settlements, overcrowded neighborhoods and units that exist on paper but fail to function in reality.

Academia 8 months ago

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Deindustrialization anomaly and the fall of the working class

Massive labor absorption may be masking deeper structural symptoms of declining job quality and the trapping of the working class in low-value-added sectors.

Editorial 8 months ago

Love our expats

Our bureaucrats should learn to be less xenophobic in dealing with expatriates.

Regulations 9 months ago

Workers' rights in 'free fall' globally: Report

Workers' rights around the world are "in free fall", with widespread attempts to hamstring collective bargaining and attacks on trade union representatives, the world's largest trade union organization said Monday.

Opinion 10 months ago

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Analysis: Prabowo tries to appease workers, not that he needs to

President Prabowo Subianto joined a massive Labor Day rally in Jakarta on May 1, making some promises that went down well with the crowd. However, his appearance seemed to blunt their expressing more radical demands as well as criticisms against businesses and the government.

CSIS 10 months ago

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The year of resistance: What protest movements really tell us

Unlike the blunt authoritarianism of the past, what Indonesia faces today is soft authoritarianism, where repression wears the mask of legalism and state power is quietly weaponized.

Editorial 10 months ago

A dull May Day

Today, most workers are more concerned about holding onto their jobs than about large pay raises, even if they struggle to make a living from one payday to the next.

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