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        "id": 1126567,
        "msgid": "employers-reject-minimum-wage-hike-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-11-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "Employers reject minimum wage hike",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP:ASA",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Employers reject minimum wage hike BATAM: Batam employers rejected a workers' proposal on Friday for an increase in the regional minimum wage, leading to widespread grievances among Batam workers, who now have to bear the brunt of increased costs following the fuel price hike on Oct. 1.",
        "content": "<p>Employers reject minimum wage hike<\/p>\n<p>BATAM: Batam employers rejected a workers&apos; proposal on Friday for<br>\nan increase in the regional minimum wage, leading to widespread<br>\ngrievances among Batam workers, who now have to bear the brunt of<br>\nincreased costs following the fuel price hike on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The rejection was expressed by a representative of Batam<br>\nemployers during a tripartite meeting held at the office of Batam<br>\nmayor, attended by Batam trade unions, representatives of<br>\nemployer associations and government officials.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting went smoothly in the morning but in the afternoon,<br>\nchairman of the Batam Employers Association Abidin walked out,<br>\nexpressing his disapproval of the workers&apos; proposal for a steep<br>\nincrease in the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>The worker unions proposed a 55 percent hike to Rp 988,260<br>\nfrom a previous Rp 635.000, but the employers said the increase<br>\nwas too high. The employers had earlier told the workers that<br>\nthey would only be able to provide a 10 percent increase. -- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/employers-reject-minimum-wage-hike-1447893297",
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