Thousands of Workers to Protest Indonesia’s Labor, Wage Rules
- New protests follow meeting between unions and Jokowi
- Demonstrations have continued to occur since May elections
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Thousands of workers plan to carry out protests against Indonesia’s labor, wage and health insurance regulations, which they say are discriminatory, raising fresh risks for the stability of Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Around 50,000 workers will join the protest in front of the parliament building in Jakarta on Wednesday, according to Said Iqbal, president of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions, known as KSPI. Protests will also take place in nine other cities and towns across the country, Iqbal said by phone, putting the total participant estimate at 150,000.