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        "id": 1265936,
        "msgid": "workers-told-to-avoid-rallies-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-04-26 00:00:00",
        "title": "Workers told to avoid rallies",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Workers told to avoid rallies JAKARTA: Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea called on workers to celebrate International Labor Day on May 1 in their respective workplaces instead of taking to the streets or going on strike. Jacob, who also chairs the Federation of All Indonesia Labor Unions, said strikes or street rallies would only be counterproductive.",
        "content": "<p>Workers told to avoid rallies<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa<br>\nWea called on workers to celebrate International Labor Day on May<br>\n1 in their respective workplaces instead of taking to the streets<br>\nor going on strike.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob, who also chairs the Federation of All Indonesia Labor<br>\nUnions, said strikes or street rallies would only be<br>\ncounterproductive. It was more important for workers to improve<br>\ntheir skills, which lagged behind those of their counterparts<br>\nelsewhere in Southeast Asia, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The minister was commenting on a plan by some labor unions to<br>\nmark labor day with strikes and rallies in protest at the poor<br>\nlabor conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>However, Jacob said he would not ban workers from holding<br>\nrallies provided they had obtained permission from their<br>\nemployers and provided prior notice to the police.<\/p>\n<p>He dismissed demands to declare May Day a national holiday,<br>\nsaying there were already too many holidays in the national<br>\ncalendar. -- Antara<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/workers-told-to-avoid-rallies-1447893297",
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