Workers Urge DPR to Take Labour Bill Seriously

The Great Coalition of Indonesian Workers’ Struggle has urged the DPR RI to take the deliberation of the Employment Bill (RUU Ketenagakerjaan) seriously.

This was emphasised by Andi Gani Nena Wea, President of the Confederation of All Indonesian Workers’ unions (KSPSI), after meeting with Deputy Speaker of the DPR RI Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal and the Employment Bill working committee on Monday, 3 August 2026.

“That is why the Great Coalition of Indonesian Workers’ Struggle is reminding the DPR and the government to be serious in deliberating the Employment Bill,” Andi told journalists at the Parliamentary Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

Andi expressed hope that the government and the DPR would not repeat the polemics that occurred during the drafting of the Job Creation Law, or Omnibus Law, when drawing up the Employment Bill.

The workers’ coalition does not want the drafting of the Employment Bill to become a polemic that triggers waves of mass demonstrations.

“Because we do not want it to be like the Omnibus Law — so crowded, in volume after volume and extremely long, and met with fierce resistance everywhere, throughout Indonesia,” he said.

On that occasion, Andi also appreciated the DPR RI’s move to open a space for dialogue in drafting the Employment Bill.

“Hopefully this will produce an employment law that sides not only with workers, but with all parties, with all stakeholders,” Andi concluded.