Workers staged a nationwide strike 3 October 2012

President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Union (KSPI) Said Iqbal said it will hold a national strike involving workers in 21 counties and cities on 3 October. It will be done if the government did not respond to requests to meet with the Minister of Labor SOEs, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and later than Tuesday, September 25, 2012.

The meeting proposed to discuss the demands of the workers on the issue of outsourcing and minimum wage increases. "We ask that no more outsourcing labor employed in the production process and the principal activities of the company in accordance with article 66 law No.13 of 2013," Said said when contacted on Sunday, September 23, 2012.

The reason, according to him, about 80 percent of workers in labor-intensive industries are outsourcing employees, while 47 percent of workers in the industrial sector is also capital intensive outsourcing employees.

In addition, they also asked for the minimum wage in the greater Jakarta area increased to USD 2.2 million.

Said claims, workers will take part in the mass strike is the workers in Greater Jakarta, Karachi, Cimahi, Attack, Cilegon, Semarang, Sidoarjo, Surabaya, Mojokerto, Pasuruan, Batam, Karimun and Bintan. The strike was coordinated by three labor confederations that KSPI, Indonesia Workers Union, Indonesian Prosperity Trade Union (SBSI), as well as 7 other labor federations.

Responding to the statement, the Director General of Industrial Relations and Social Security Labor Irianto Simbolon Ruslan said that labor demand should be presented through discussions with the government. "We already have a mechanism agreed at the regional and national levels," said Ruslan when contacted on Sunday.

According to him, the issue of outsourcing workers can not be generalized to any company. "Many companies that obey the rules," he said. If the finding of fraud or breach of outsourcing, Ruslan asked that the case be reported to the Department of Labor in each region.

According to him, the minister Muhaimin Iskandar has also requested that the governors, regents and mayors submit a report evaluating their efforts within the area on July 26. "So I asked the regents, governors, and mayors to quickly submit its report to the ministry," he said.

If there is fraud, the outsourcing service providers and enterprise users will be subject to sanctions with fines. "It could get permits revoked its operations," he said.

Meanwhile, the minimum wage could also hit rate. The discussion conducted at the provincial wage councils composed of government representatives, workers, companies, and academia to determine the basis of the lowest wages. Furthermore, the amount of wages at each company could be discussed between unions and employers.

The value of the minimum wage of Rp 2.2 million will be difficult to achieve. "Should consider the necessities of life and the ability of the company. If not, the company might collapse later and want to work in? "Said Ruslan.

He appealed to workers not to take action that provocative because it will affect the investor. According to him, many companies from Korea and Japan said it would revoke the investment. "If they do not match the operating here could revoke its investment. Then the loss of the workers themselves, the people around, and the government, "he said.
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