"The wage policy will only benefit employers and does not accommodate workers aspirations. Despite salary hike based on inflation and economic growth, Indonesian workers will remain poor although they are employed," he said in a press conference here on Friday.
It is likely that only Indonesian workers who have been employed remain poor because they receive low salaries. In fact, in other countries, unemployed people receive allowances so that they can lead a fair life.
"For workers and other people, wages are the main artery. The government has sided with the employers ever since the first, second and third economic policy packages were issued. We highly expected the fourth economic policy package to side with the workers," he said. (*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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