Indonesia's new policy leads to thousands of workers 'demonstrations!

On October 24, thousands of workers marched in Jakarta, Indonesia's old capital, demanding that the new government raise the minimum wage and repeal the Employment creation Law, and threatened demonstrations across the country, according to Indonesian media reports.

It is reported that the Jakarta police have deployed 1270 joint personnel for the event to ensure safety and implement traffic management near the site of the workers' demonstration. But the president of the Indonesian Federation of Trade unions (KSPI) said their core demand was to raise the minimum wage by 8 per cent to 10 per cent by 2025 and to repeal relevant elements of the Employment creation Law, particularly with regard to employment clusters and the protection of farmers.

It is said that in the past two years, labour wages have not risen or are just below the rate of inflation, so the purchasing power of workers has continued to decline. This situation has been exacerbated by the news that the new government will set the minimum wage below the inflation rate, which is very unfair to workers, so hundreds of thousands of workers will take to the streets to ensure that their rights are defended and recognized.

And the demonstration is expected to last until October 31, designing hundreds of thousands of workers and teachers in 38 provinces and more than 350 districts / cities in Indonesia. According to the demonstrators at the scene, if the complaint is not satisfied, they will continue to protest, demanding fair treatment and safeguarding the rights and interests of workers.

The demonstration began in Jakarta, where thousands of workers gathered in Independence Square. He said the operation would then spread to other regions, such as the Riau Islands in West Java. Demonstrations will be held on October 25 in the capitals of several major provinces, including Surabaya, Medan and Wangkasek, and then to other areas until October 31.

It is understood that this is not the first time that demonstrations have broken out because of the Employment creation Law. In October 2020, the Indonesian Parliament passed the Employment creation Law, which amended 79 labor laws, involving 1200 articles. It is hoped to speed up the pace of economic reform and improve the investment environment to attract more foreign investment.

However, after the passage of the law, Indonesian trade unions and other organizations believe that the bill is too biased towards enterprises and will harm the interests of workers and the environment. This led to protests and strikes across the country, where more than 2 million people took to the streets, which eventually turned into clashes between the police and the people. Demonstrators set fire to and damaged buildings, public facilities and police posts, and more than 3800 people were arrested in days of riots. But at the same time, it has brought a lot of impact on many industries and social economy of the country.

At present, there are many difficulties for the country's coffee industry, which has been affected by bad weather, which has led to a decline in coffee production, coupled with an increase in domestic coffee consumption, which has greatly reduced coffee exports. Indonesia 2024gam25 is expected to produce 10.9 million bags of coffee beans in the season, but only half of the beans are exported.

Now, due to the participation of workers from many places and mostly in major provincial capitals, many factories have been shut down, and it is currently in the main harvest season for coffee in Indonesia, but there is a shortage of workers and factory shutdowns, which in turn affect the processing, production and delivery of coffee and other products. In addition, it affects domestic logistics trade, leading to the disruption of part of the supply chain, and the situation in the Red Sea, leading to a rise in shipping prices, causing traders to reduce the purchase of Asian coffee.

Although the demonstrations are relatively peaceful at present, if the government does not declare its position all the time, there may be a situation of deterioration or conflict, which may further affect many industries and economic development of the country.

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