Workers demand higher salaries

Workers demand higher salaries

BATAM, Riau Islands: Some 2,000 hotel and entertainment
workers in Riau Islands province staged a protest on Wednesday in
Batam, demanding that the government raise the minimum wage in
the area.

The increase in the minimum wage should follow on the increase
of fuel price, the protesters said.

"The fuel price hike has led to increases in the price of
basic necessities, making these basic necessities unaffordable
for us," said Joko, a protester who works as a bell boy in a
local hotel in Batam. -- JP