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Strike Demonstrates Indonesian Labor’s Clout

Strike Demonstrates Indonesian Labor’s Clout

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Nov 02, 2013
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The 2 million-odd workers on the streets across Indonesia, demanding a 50 percent minimum wage increase, are an indication as 2014 elections approach of the growing strength of the country’s labor movement. There is even talk of a Labor Party being formed for the 2019 general elections.

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