General Chairman of the Indonesian Labour Union Alliance Congress\n(KASBI), Sunarno, explained the reason why the audience between the\nUnited Labour Movement with the People and DPR leaders was held earlier\nthan the scheduled time for the 2026 May Day commemoration.<\/p>\n
He said that initially, Gebrak requested the audience with the DPR to\nbe held at 2:00 PM WIB, or when the action masses were already in front\nof the DPR, MPR, and DPD Complex. \u201cHowever, the Deputy Chairman of the\nDPR from the Gerindra Party and the NasDem Party requested the schedule\nto be brought forward to 11:00 AM WIB,\u201d Sunarno said in front of the DPR\nComplex on Friday, 1 May 2026.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, he continued, several representatives from the Gebrak\nalliance elements were already around the Parliamentary Complex. \u201cThus,\nalthough technically difficult, we could still hold the audience,\u201d he\nstated.<\/p>\n
In that audience, Sunarno, as one of the Gebrak alliance\nrepresentatives, conveyed the 2026 May Day demands, one of which\nconcerned the worker wage system in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
According to him, wage disparities between regions still occur, with\nquite large gaps. Therefore, he urged the government and DPR to\nsynergise this Indonesian worker wage disparity.<\/p>\n
Another demand, he said, was regarding the push for discussion of the\nEmployment Bill.<\/p>\n
Constitutional Court Decision Number 168 requires the lawmakers to\nimmediately make changes to those regulations at the latest 2 years\nafter the decision is read or in October this year.<\/p>\n
In this demand, Sunarno said that the discussion of the Employment\nBill must be pro-worker in principle, including involving worker unions\nin the discussion process.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout meaningful involvement, it is feared that the substance in\nthat regulation will not match our expectations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In the same opportunity, Deputy Chairman of the DPR Sufmi Dasco Ahmad\nsaid that the government and DPR have agreed to carry out the mandate of\nthe Constitutional Court decision, namely discussing a new Employment\nBill.<\/p>\n
He explained that the DPR is now awaiting various inputs from worker\nunions submitted officially. With those inputs, the DPR can then conduct\ndiscussions in the near future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are waiting. But in principle, the government has requested that\nby the end of this year, the Employment Law must be completed,\u201d said the\nDaily Chairman of the Gerindra Party.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on this 2026 May Day, Gebrak brought 10 demands to the DPR\nand government. Those demands include:<\/p>\n
Immediately realise a pro-worker Employment Law;<\/p><\/li>\n
Reform the wage system and eliminate wage disparities: implement\na fair and dignified national decent wage for workers;<\/p><\/li>\n
Guarantee job certainty by abolishing outsourcing, contract work,\nfake partnerships, and exploitative apprenticeships;<\/p><\/li>\n
Immediately ratify ILO Conventions 188-190, guarantee and protect\nfemale workers up to those with disabilities;<\/p><\/li>\n
Prosper educators, lecturers, platform workers, medical and\nhealth workers;<\/p><\/li>\n
DPR and government must also stop mass layoffs and suppression of\nworker unions;<\/p><\/li>\n
Realise free, quality education and healthcare;<\/p><\/li>\n
Uphold civil supremacy, safeguard democracy, stop militarism,\nstop criminalisation of people\u2019s movements, and free captured\nactivists.<\/p><\/li>\n
Implement true agrarian reform, stop the eviction of people\u2019s\nland;<\/p><\/li>\n
Stop the war as a form of solidarity for the sovereignty of the\npeople of Palestine, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and others.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/labour-leaders-explain-reason-for-accelerated-audience-with-dpr-1777632840", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }