JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -thousands of workers will rally to the Merdeka Palace and the Capitol in Jakarta, Thursday (22/11/2012). Massive labor rallies and the fifth time in 2012 again demanded the abolition of the practice of outsourcing, the removal and execution of the cheap wages, health coverage as of 1 January 2014.
President of the Confederation of trade unions, Said Iqbal Indonesia in Jakarta, Thursday (15/11/2012), insists it will form an Assembly of Indonesia Workers (MPBI) to organise the workers ' action. Iqbal perform with the President of the Confederation of trade unions Throughout Indonesia Andi Gani Nena Wea, President of the Confederation of Indonesia Prosperous Trade Union Mudhofir, and several other unions.
"National action will do the MPBI 70,000 workers to declare the attitude that new Outsourcing Permenakertrans should already be completed this week. Minimum wage of the province, district, and the city should be decided before November 25, 2012 with a value of 122 percent over the figures for the necessities of life are worth (KHL) like in the Regency of Bekasi, West Java, "said Iqbal.
According to Iqbal, Bekasi Regency KHL value is USD 1.643.000 and the Council of Regency to pay recommended minimum wage of Rp 2.002.000 per month (122 per cent KHL) for single workers who worked less than a year. The Government area solid industry, like Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Karawang, Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, Batam, Medan, must establish the minimum wage 122 percent of the KHL.
A wave of rationalization
Meanwhile, among the entrepreneurs who are incorporated in the Indonesia employers ' Association (Apindo) claims to be restless with the development of current pay. Chairman of Apindo Sofjan Wanandi asserted, the Government gave priority to the populist policy without thinking of the fate of the business world by 2013.
Minimum wage increases DKI Jakarta by 40 percent plus the rate of electric power (TTL) 2013 kian to burden the business community who have hit the global economic crisis. Determination of the minimum wage Jakarta become a reference for other regions.
Vice Chairman of Kadin Indonesia Hariyadi B Sukamdani deplored the intervention of the Central Government and regions to pay Council. Hariyadi exemplifies, the Council set the DKI Jakarta Area Pay recommendations UMP 2013 amounting to 112 percent of the KHL in accordance with the direction of the Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja full moon.
"There will be a wave of rationalization of the workers is very serious. We ask the employment service makes it easy for labor-intensive companies and SMEs who proposed the suspension of the minimum wage, "said Hariyadi.
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