Said Iqbal Sends Threats If There Are Companies That Lower Wages Before The DKI UMP Appeal Decision,

Labor representatives from the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) held an audience with the ranks of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government / PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) Said Iqbal asked employers not to immediately reduce labor wages just because there was a decision by the Jakarta Administrative Court regarding the reduction of the DKI UMP from Rp. 4.6 million to Rp. 4.5 million.

Said Iqbal said the legal process for the UMP decision was still ongoing with plans to file an appeal to the Jakarta PTTUN to the Supreme Court.

"We call on employers not to reduce wages until there is a final appeal decision at the Supreme Court," Said Iqbal said in a virtual press conference quoted on Wednesday, July 27.

If there are companies that dare to reduce the wages of their workers, Said Iqbal threatens workers who oppose the reduction of the DKI Jakarta UMP by 2022 will go on strike.

"If employers have reduced wages, KSPI will instruct its members and laborers who do not agree with the PTUN's decision to use the right to strike. The decrease in wages is a matter of principle. A decrease in wages of approximately Rp. 100,000 will reduce the labor force of DKI Jakarta by 10 percent," asserted Said Iqbal.

Said Iqbal also criticized the attitude of the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, who so far has not filed an appeal regarding the PTUN decision. If Anies does not appeal until the deadline for the last submission, the workers will continue to hold demonstrations in front of Anies' office.

"Hundreds and even thousands of workers will hold continuous demonstrations at the City Hall office, condemning the governor's inconsistency, criticizing the governor who is hiding behind the administrative court decision. Actions will be carried out continuously until they win," he explained.

The current UMP polemic is suspected to be the decision of the DKI Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) which canceled the DKI Jakarta Governor's Decree (Kepgub) Anies Baswedan regarding the 2022 UMP. This decision granted all claims by the Regional Leadership Council of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) DKI Jakarta.

In addition to canceling the Governor's Decree, the Jakarta Administrative Court in its decision also required Anies as the defendant to revoke Gubernatorial Decree No. 1517 of 2021 concerning the 2022 UMP which was issued on December 16, 2021.

Another ruling is that Anies obliges Anies to issue a new State Administrative Decree regarding the 2022 UMP based on the recommendation of the Wage Council of DKI Jakarta, namely the elements of the labor union Number: I/Depeprov/XI/2021 on November 15, 2021, amounting to Rp4,573,845.

Not accepting the decision, a group of workers from the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) held a demonstration in front of the DKI Jakarta City Hall, Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan, Central Jakarta, last Wednesday, July 20.

In an audience with the DKI Provincial Government in the midst of the demonstration, KSIP asked the DKI Provincial Government for a certain time to determine the attitude regarding the submission of an appeal against the PTUN decision or not before the deadline for submitting an appeal on 29 July. However, until now the DKI Provincial Government has not yet determined its position regarding the appeal.