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        "msgid": "labour-day-2026-hundreds-of-thousands-of-participants-to-pack-monas-prabowo-scheduled-to-attend-1777596794",
        "date": "2026-05-01 07:02:14",
        "title": "Labour Day 2026: Hundreds of Thousands of Participants to Pack Monas, Prabowo Scheduled to Attend",
        "author": "Abdul Haris Maulana",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's International Labour Day (May Day) celebrations on 1 May 2026 will draw an estimated 400,000 workers to the National Monument (Monas) in central Jakarta, with President Prabowo Subianto set to address the crowd and announce policies related to online ojek drivers, ILO ratification, and worker welfare initiatives. The event will feature speeches from 25 labour union leaders, the singing of the national anthem and an international labour anthem, and provisions for Friday prayers given the date's coincidence with Jumat. Traffic around Monas is expected to be heavy, prompting situational traffic management by authorities.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The International Labour Day (May Day) commemoration will\nbe held at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta today,\nFriday (1\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>President of the All-Indonesian Confederation of Labour Unions\n(KSPSI) and May Day organising committee chairman, Andi Gani Nena Wea,\nstated that around 400,000 workers are expected to participate in the\nevent at Monas.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to attend the\nevent starting at 08:00 WIB.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President will then greet the labour masses, followed by him\ntaking the stage,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, all May Day participants will sing the Indonesian\nnational anthem, Indonesia Raya. The event will proceed with speeches\nfrom the labour union presidents.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five labour union presidents are scheduled to attend the May\nDay commemoration at Monas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will then be followed by the speech from the President of the\nRepublic of Indonesia,\u201d said Andi Gani.<\/p>\n<p>After that, the President, along with the 25 labour leaders, will\nsing the international labour struggle anthem.<\/p>\n<p>The May Day agenda today coincides with Friday, so the organising\ncommittee has prepared a place for Friday prayers at the location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the surprise? Let the President convey it. He will announce\nmatters related to online ojek, ILO ratification, and several policies\nthat he will deliver for workers\u2019 welfare,\u201d he said during a press\nconference in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (29\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, traffic flow in Jakarta, particularly around Monas in\nCentral Jakarta, is predicted to be congested during the 2026 Labour Day\ncommemoration.<\/p>\n<p>However, traffic engineering will be situational, only implemented\nwhen traffic flow becomes congested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the flow is still crawling densely, still queuing slowly, there\nis no need for traffic diversion,\u201d said the Head of Public Relations of\nMetro Jaya Police, Senior Commissioner Pol Budi Hermanto, when met at\nMonas East Intersection, Thursday (30\/4\/2026).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/labour-day-2026-hundreds-of-thousands-of-participants-to-pack-monas-prabowo-scheduled-to-attend-1777596794",
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