50,000 Workers to Gather at Monas, Bringing These Demands to Prabowo
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Tens of thousands of workers, who had initially planned a counter May Day action in front of the House of Representatives, will ultimately join the May Day event at Monas in Central Jakarta.
President of the Indonesian Confederation of Trade Unions (KSPI) and President of the Labour Party, Said Iqbal, stated that 50,000 KSPI workers will attend the May Day at Monas.
“There will be 50,000 KSPI worker masses from Greater Jakarta, Karawang, Purwakarta, Subang, Greater Bandung, and parts of Greater Cirebon,” said Said Iqbal during an online press conference on Wednesday (29/4/2026).
In this May Day action, the workers will bring 11 demands and hopes, which will be presented to President Prabowo Subianto.
“At Monas, we will bring 11 demands and hopes to President Prabowo, including crucial demands that are very important for Indonesian workers that must be answered and affirmed by the President, which are certainly the progress or follow-up to the requests, hopes, and issues brought by KSPI,” he explained.
Here are the 11 demands and hopes of the workers to be brought in the May Day action on Friday (1/5/2026):
Swiftly enact a new Employment Law (UU Ketenagakerjaan).
HOSTUM, Abolish Outsourcing and Reject Low Wages.
Anticipate potential mass layoffs due to the Iran vs United States (US) and Israel war.
Tax reform: abolish tax on holiday allowances (THR), abolish tax on old-age savings (JHT), abolish tax on severance pay, abolish tax on pension guarantee, and increase the minimum non-taxable income (PTKP).
Enact the Asset Seizure Bill (RUU Perampasan Aset).
Anticipate layoffs in the textile and textile products (TPT) industry and nickel.
Anticipate layoffs in the cement industry.
Ratify ILO Convention No. 190 on anti-violence against female workers in the workplace.
Reduce online motorcycle taxi (ojol) fare cuts from 20% to 10%.
Revise Law No. 2 of 2004 on the Settlement of Industrial Relations Disputes to be more just for workers.
Appoint honorary teachers and workers as civil servants (ASN), not as non-permanent civil servants (PPPK).
Said Iqbal urged the workers participating in the May Day action to remain orderly, peaceful, non-anarchic, and non-violent.
“It must be emphasised and urged to KSPI member workers and Labour Party workers, as well as other workers throughout Indonesia, to celebrate May Day with full joy and fighting spirit peacefully, must be orderly, must not be anarchic, and must not use violence, respect the interests of other people,” he concluded.