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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – By letter Number B / 719/2020, the Minister of Industry (Menperin) Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita asked the industry actors to increase the intensity of dialogue with union leaders or workers at the company level, so that activities that interfere with productive activities, such as in the form of rallies.

“Of course, this synergy will create openness and harmony between company management and union leaders or workers so that activities that may interfere with industrial productivity can be minimized,” he said in a written statement on Tuesday (10/6 / 2020).

Furthermore, to protect workers from possible acts of intimidation and coercion to carry out strikes and demonstrations that will take place from October 6 to 8, 2020, the Minister of Industry called on industry players to actively coordinate with the local security forces.

“In this case, the Police will provide protection to the workers and will take firm action against violations of the law,” he said.

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To maintain the productivity of the industrial workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic, he asked industry players to monitor the implementation of the company’s health protocols, both inside and outside the work environment. Therefore, he urged companies / industries to provide understanding to workers to avoid activities that cause large crowds.

“We ask industry players to remind workers that in the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, demonstrations are sure to cause large crowds, so the protocol to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 is difficult to implement. “, he appealed.

Agus is concerned about the possibility of a new Covid-19 transmission cluster being created in the company environment due to massive activities.

“Of course it will have a tremendous impact, because it could jeopardize the safety of workers and affect the productivity of the industry itself,” he said.

In a pandemic situation, the government also continues to make efforts to make the business world more conducive through the implementation of the Job Creation Law that was recently passed.

It is hoped that the law can encourage increased economic and investment activities to create more jobs for the community. Which in the end can further promote national economic growth.

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“The Job Creation Law is nothing more than an effort to create more conducive conditions for investors to feel comfortable investing in Indonesia, which will of course provide a multiplier effect for the availability of new jobs,” he said.

In addition, he said, the Job Creation Act provided significant benefits, including the ease and certainty of obtaining business licenses through the implementation of risk-based approaches and the implementation of standards. Then, the provision of rights and better protection for workers. At the same time, you can increase business competitiveness and productivity.

In previous reports, 2 million workers will continue to demonstrate their rejection of the Omnibus Job Creation Law through a nationwide strike for three days. Because many regulations are considered harmful to workers / workers. One of them is the reduction of the minimum wage and the risk that workers remain contract workers.

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