Objecting to getting an offer from the department, the head of KSPI insists that the strike continue for 3 days

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The president of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers’ Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, denied any offer for government positions. This issue came up when he was present on Monday (10/5/2020) at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) invited himself at the time of the plenary session in the DPR RI building that passed the Omnibus Law on the job creation bill.

“Nothing, there has never been a discussion (of offers for a position in the government),” he said. Kompas.com, Monday night.

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He stressed that despite the approval of the Omnibus Employment Creation Law, 32 trade union centrals continued the national strike action that took place from today (10/6/2020) until October 8, 2020.

In the national strike, according to Said Iqbal, the workers will continue to express their rejection of the Omnibus Law of the Copyright Law.

As for what has been criticized by the Omnibus Law, that is, there is still a UMK without conditions and the UMSK should not be lost, the value of the compensation does not decrease, there should be no PKWT or employees hired for life.

Also, there can be Outsourcing for life, working time should not be exploitation, leave and salary rights to leave should not be lost, hire employees and Outsourcing must receive health and retirement insurance.

“Meanwhile, with regard to dismissals, the criminal sanctions against foreign employers and workers must be in accordance with the contents of Law No. 13 of 2003,” he said.

Furthermore, he said, this national strike would be followed by 2 million workers. Regarding the territorial distribution of 2 million workers who will participate in the national strike, including Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tengerang Raya, Serang, Cilegon, Bekasi, Karawang, Purwakarta, Subang, Cirebon, Bandung Raya, Semarang, Kendal, Jepara, Yogjakarta, Surabaya, Sidoarjo. , Gresik, Mojokerto and Pasuruan.

Then Aceh, Padang, Solok, Medan, Deli Serdang, Medium Bedagai, Batam, Bintan, Karimun, Muko-Muko, Bengkulu, Pekanbaru, Palembang, Bandar Lampung, and South Lampung. It will also be held in Banjarmasin, Palangkaraya, Samarinda, Mataram, Lombok, Ambon, Makassar, Gorontalo, Manadao, Bitung, Kendari, Morowali, Papua and West Papua.

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