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        "id": 1711857,
        "msgid": "kasbi-confederation-holds-simultaneous-may-day-events-in-dozens-of-regions-1777596782",
        "date": "2026-05-01 07:05:00",
        "title": "KASBI Confederation Holds Simultaneous May Day Events in Dozens of Regions",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Konfederasi Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia (KASBI) is organising May Day protests on 1 May 2026 across at least 18 regions in Indonesia, including Jakarta, rejecting a celebratory event at Monas in favour of independent actions to highlight dire labour conditions. Joined by the Gebrak alliance, they will demonstrate in front of the People's Representative Council, demanding a pro-labour Employment Law, wage reforms for fair national pay, job security, abolition of outsourcing and contracts, ratification of ILO Conventions 188 and 190, welfare for educators and health workers, an end to mass layoffs, free education and healthcare, civil supremacy, true agrarian reform, and global peace efforts. These demands underscore the labour movement's resistance against political co-optation and systemic injustices faced by Indonesian workers.",
        "content": "<p>The Konfederasi Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia (KASBI) is\nnot only holding an International Labour Day action in Jakarta on\nFriday, 1 May 2026. KASBI General Chairman Sunarno stated that at least\n18 regions will serve as action points for this year\u2019s May Day.<\/p>\n<p>These regions include Indramayu, Garut, Tasikmalaya, Semarang,\nSurabaya, Palembang, Musi Banyuasin, Ogan Komering Ilir, and Ogan Ilir.\nKASBI is also conducting International Labour Day commemorations in\neastern Indonesia, such as in Sambas, Kutai Timur, Berau, Bulungan,\nMakassar, Morowali, Gorontalo, and Central Halmahera.<\/p>\n<p>For the May Day 2026 commemoration in Jakarta, KASBI is joining an\nalliance called Gerakan Buruh Bersama Rakyat (Gebrak). They will hold an\naction in front of the People\u2019s Representative Council building on\nFriday afternoon, 1 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He said they refuse to join the International Labour Day\ncommemoration in the Monas area, Jakarta, which is merely celebratory.\n\u201cThe actual labour conditions remain very concerning,\u201d he said when\ncontacted on Thursday, 30 April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, labour unions should maintain their independence\namid attempts at co-optation by those in power during this year\u2019s May\nDay commemoration. Because, he said, a labour movement that is not\nindependent and subservient to political interests will ultimately harm\nthe workers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay Day should be a moment of resistance against injustice, not just\na ceremonial parade far removed from the objective conditions of\nIndonesian workers\u2019 lives today,\u201d Sunarno stated.<\/p>\n<p>In the May Day 2026 action, KASBI together with the Gebrak Alliance\nwill voice several demands. They are urging the state to immediately\nrealise an Employment Law that is pro-worker.<\/p>\n<p>The second demand is to reform the wage system and eliminate wage\ndisparities. The alliance requests that workers receive fair and\ndignified national wages.<\/p>\n<p>Other demand points include ensuring job certainty, abolishing the\noutsourcing system and contract work, ratifying ILO Convention 188 and\nILO Convention 190, demanding the state provide welfare to educators and\nhealth workers, halting mass layoffs, realising free education and\nhealthcare, and upholding civil supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance also demands that the government implement true agrarian\nreform by stopping land evictions of the people, and actively engage on\nthe global stage for world peace.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kasbi-confederation-holds-simultaneous-may-day-events-in-dozens-of-regions-1777596782",
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