2 million workers who strike nationwide will paralyze production

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The labor group that held demonstrations around the Palace and the Constitutional Palace threatened to hold a national strike.

Simultaneous strike will take place if President Joko Widodo does not cancel all the law Labor Creation Law through government regulations that replace the laws.

“If you don’t cancel all the lawI call for a national strike that we will hold throughout Indonesia, “said a speaker broadcast on YouTube Kompas TV, on Monday (02/10/2020).

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Apart from canceling each law; Workers are also demanding an increase in the minimum wage by 2021. Labor regrets the attitude of the Minister of Labor, Ida Fauziah, who did not increase the minimum wage due to a pandemic.

The speaker also emphasized that a strike would be more effective for workers taking to the streets to take action.

“Two million workers who make a national strike will paralyze production,” said the speaker.

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He said that workers are currently still undertaking various other efforts ranging from demonstrations, submitting a judicial review to the Constitutional Court, and demanding that the DPR conduct a legislative review.

However, if this method does not work, the workers are asked to prepare to go on a national strike.

“Ready to go on a national strike?” he asked from the top of the speaker’s car.

“Siaaap,” the unified workers said.

After the prayer, the President of the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI), Said Iqbal, and the President of the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPSI), Andi Gani Nena Wea, went directly to the building of the Constitutional Court (MK) to present a judicial review of the Job Creation Law.