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        "id": 1817306,
        "msgid": "labour-leader-warns-thousands-face-layoffs-manpower-minister-responds-1782136271",
        "date": "2026-06-22 19:35:00",
        "title": "Labour Leader Warns Thousands Face Layoffs, Manpower Minister Responds",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Manpower Minister Yassierli has pledged to monitor and mediate potential mass layoffs at four companies, as flagged by labour representatives. The layoffs are attributed to declining export demand and import disruptions stemming from global economic uncertainty linked to the Iran-Israel-US conflict. The government is working with unions on mitigation measures to prevent a wave of job losses.",
        "content": "<p>Manpower Minister (Menaker) Yassierli has addressed the potential for\nfurther layoffs (PHK) at several companies, following warnings from\nlabour representatives that four firms are planning job cuts. Yassierli\nstated that his ministry will continue to monitor the potential for\nlayoffs going forward, including through the mediation process with\nmediators. \u201cWe continue to monitor. So whenever there is an issue, the\nprocess starts internally within the company, then comes to us,\u201d he told\nreporters at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs on Monday\n(22\/6\/2026). The ministry will also deploy mediators if bipartite\nnegotiations between labour unions and company representatives fail to\nreach a resolution. \u201cSome we will push to resolve bipartitely, and for\nothers we will send in our mediators. The point is we continue to\nmonitor,\u201d he explained. Yassierli added that the results of this\nmonitoring will be communicated further. \u201cWe monitor everything, we will\nprovide updates later,\u201d he said. Earlier, Said Iqbal, President of the\nConfederation of Indonesian Workers\u2019 Unions (KSPI) and President of the\nLabour Party who also serves as Special Advisor to the President on\nManpower and Labour Welfare, stated that the government and labour\nunions are undertaking mitigation steps to prevent a wave of layoffs\namid threats of global economic uncertainty caused by the war involving\nthe United States, Israel, and Iran. Said Iqbal revealed that field\nvisits in East Java, West Java, and Jakarta showed real impacts from the\nprolonged war. \u201cThe findings are indeed true. As a result of the war\nbetween Iran and America and Israel, which has caused global economic\nuncertainty, it is greatly affecting export-oriented companies and\ncompanies whose raw materials come from imports. Demand for goods from\nabroad has decreased, causing company production to also decline,\u201d he\nsaid in a written statement quoted on Monday (22\/6\/2026). Said Iqbal\nidentified four companies at risk of shutting down operations and laying\noff many workers: PT Pakerin in Mojokerto, East Java, with 2,500 workers\npotentially affected; PT Fengtai in Bandung Regency, West Java, with\n4,000 workers at risk; and PT J and PT A in Pasuruan, East Java, where\nthousands of workers are potentially facing layoffs.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/labour-leader-warns-thousands-face-layoffs-manpower-minister-responds-1782136271",
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