Resolved Incident
Indonesia: millions of factory workers join one-day national strike
View on map Part of: Indonesia national one-day wage strike, October 2012
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More than two million Indonesian factory workers joined a one-day national strike on 3 October 2012 to demand higher wages and an end to contract labour. About 200,000 workers marched in the industrial city of Bekasi just outside Jakarta, and unions also opposed a proposal for workers to pay 2% of their wages towards health insurance. Union turnout figures were not independently verified.
- Workers involved
- 2,000,000 (estimated)
- Outcome
- Unknown – Turnout is disputed: union leaders said more than two million workers joined in 24 cities (AP copy carried by the San Diego Union-Tribune), while the BBC reported 'tens of thousands' and an employer association disputed the union count without giving its own figure. No wage award followed directly from the one-day action, so the outcome is recorded as unknown.
- Issues
- Contract Status, Living Wage, Social Security
Sources
- Indonesia factory workers on strike for more payBBC News
- More than 2 million workers strike in IndonesiaSan Diego Union-Tribune (Associated Press)