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        "id": 1100355,
        "msgid": "batam-workers-demand-30-wage-hike-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-10-12 00:00:00",
        "title": "Batam workers demand 30% wage hike",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Batam workers demand 30% wage hike BATAM, Riau: Workers on industry bonded Batam island proposed an increase of 30 percent to their minimum wage in the 2002 fiscal year. Netty Herawaty, the chairwoman of the local chapter of the Federation of All-Indonesia Workers Union, said the local administration should increase the regional minimum wage by at least 30 percent to Rp 700,000 from the current Rp 510,000 to meet workers' basic needs.",
        "content": "<p>Batam workers demand 30% wage hike<\/p>\n<p>BATAM, Riau: Workers on industry bonded Batam island proposed<br>\nan increase of 30 percent to their minimum wage in the 2002<br>\nfiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>Netty Herawaty, the chairwoman of the local chapter of the<br>\nFederation of All-Indonesia Workers Union, said the local<br>\nadministration should increase the regional minimum wage by at<br>\nleast 30 percent to Rp 700,000 from the current Rp 510,000 to<br>\nmeet workers' basic needs.<\/p>\n<p>\"The workers' welfare on the island will remain in a bad<br>\nposition as long as the local government maintains the current<br>\nremuneration system and does not control the price of basic<br>\ncommodities,\" she said here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Netty warned that labor conditions would remain poor unless<br>\nthe local administration and the investors made a commitment to<br>\nimprove the workers' social welfare.<\/p>\n<p>She said many workers had become prostitutes at hotels and on<br>\nthe street for additional income. --Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/batam-workers-demand-30-wage-hike-1447893297",
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