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Minister supports employers` desire to set wages for workers

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa has supported the idea that minimum wages for laborers should be decided based on ...

Workers to have hospital as "gift" on independence day

When the Indonesian people will celebrate the country`s Independence Day on August 17 this year, blue-collar workers ...

Number of drug users in Indonesia predicted to grow: Anti-narcotics body

It is predicted that the number of drug users in Indonesia will increase from 3.8 million in 2011 (2.2 percent of ...

Power tariff increase should be evaluated

The government`s plan to increase the electricity tariff by 15 percent this year should be evaluated, said the ...

Electricity rate hike to weaken laborers` purchasing power

An increase in the price of electricity beginning this month will reduce the purchasing power of laborers, Said Iqbal, ...

Dignifying women without exploitation

Until the end of 2012, women in Indonesia and in most of Asia`s developing countries seem to suffer more due to the ...

Govt to lift outsourcing system

The government looks set to lift the outsourcing recruitment system but will still maintain it in the recruitment of ...

Laborers in Jakarta and its buffer zone towns to hold joint strikes

Some laborers from Jakarta and its satellite towns of Tangerang, Bekasi, Depok and Karawang will hold a national joint ...

Thousands of workers protest against outsourcing system

Thousands of workers from various labour unions gathered in front of the manpower ministry and staged a demonstration ...

KBN ready to become a world-class company

State-owned bonded zone developer PT Kawasan Berikat Nusantara (KBN) is preparing to become a world-class company, ...

6 people killed by heavy rains in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Four laborers including three women were buried after a wall of an under construction building collapsed and two other ...

Indonesia needs to reduce number of child workers

The quality of human resources usually determines the future of a nation, and involves great efforts to develop the ...

Employers say government must change employment law

Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) chairman Sofjan Wanandi declared that the government must change its ...

Workers ask President Yudhoyono to hear their demands

Numerous workers in Batam, Riau Islands, have asked Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to pay more ...

Police find molotov cocktails on toll road

Security personnel found four Molotov cocktail gasoline bombs when they combed a toll road that demonstrators had ...