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        "id": 1248293,
        "msgid": "confusion-over-workers-wages-1447899208",
        "date": "2002-01-10 00:00:00",
        "title": "Confusion over workers' wages ",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Confusion over workers' wages Efforts made by the government to raise workers' wages have almost always involved debates, resistance and chaos because on the one hand, company owners wish to minimize production costs while on the other workers hope to improve the lives of themselves and their families, if not just to maintain them at the same levels.",
        "content": "<p>Confusion over workers' wages<\/p>\n<p>Efforts made by the government to raise workers' wages have <br>\nalmost always involved debates, resistance and chaos because on <br>\nthe one hand, company owners wish to minimize production costs <br>\nwhile on the other workers hope to improve the lives of <br>\nthemselves and their families, if not just to maintain them at <br>\nthe same levels.<\/p>\n<p>This age-old problem cropped up again late December when the <br>\nIndonesian Association of Company Owners (Apindo) reaffirmed its <br>\nrejection of the new minimum wage rate for the capital city of <br>\nJakarta, which should have come into effect on Jan. 1, 2002. The <br>\ngovernor has raised the rate by 38.7 percent to Rp 591,266 but <br>\nApindo seems to have gained the support of the Office of the <br>\nState Minister of Administrative Reform which postponed the <br>\nenforcement of the new rate.<\/p>\n<p>Although the government allows companies that cannot afford <br>\nthe new minimum wage rate to file their objections, it seems bent <br>\non seeing the new decision complied with. Minister of Manpower <br>\nJacob Nuwa Wea, also general chairman of the Federation of the <br>\nAll-Indonesia Workers' Unions, has strongly warned Apindo members <br>\nto comply with the new minimum wage rate. For the government <br>\nthere is no bargain about it.<\/p>\n<p>It is yet to be seen which party will emerge \"triumphant\". <br>\nThere is no guarantee, either, that this confusion will not recur <br>\nin future. What is to be borne in mind is that if you rely on <br>\ncheap labor for your competitive edge, you will always keep the <br>\nworkers' wages low. Increased spending on manpower will <br>\nfrequently pose a problem and weaken the competitive edge in <br>\ncapturing the export markets in advanced countries.<\/p>\n<p>For Indonesia's decision makers, this difficulty is a warning <br>\nthat it is urgent that serious efforts be made to do away with a <br>\nhigh-cost economy and shift to the domestic market.<\/p>\n<p>-- Bisnis Indonesia, Jakarta<\/p>",
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