Labors: 30 Percent Wage Rise Non-Negotiable
1 May 2014 12:34 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The president of Labor Union Confederation of Indonesia (KSPI), Said Ikbal, has asked the government to increase the minimum wage by 30 percent.
"The [minimum wage] rise is non-negotiable," he said in a press release today.
Said said the minimum wage in Indonesia is far lower than that in Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia, although Indonesian labor productivity is considerably equitable with other ASEAN countries’.
Therefore, Indonesian labors are demanding the 30 percent wage rise in 2015 and 84 items of the basic cost of living (KHL) to be met in facing the ASEAN single market in 2015.
If the government refused to raise the minimum wage, Said said Indonesia is not ready to participate in the ASEAN single market.
"Indonesian labors will keep launching strikes to reject the implementation of ASEAN single market," he said.
ANANDA PUTRI