JAKARTA - Demonstrations of dozens of workers in front of the DPR RI Building began to be abandoned by some mass workers on Thursday afternoon, August 25, 2025.

The participants who used the attributes of the organization or labor alliance in groups began to leave the main stage of the demonstration.

"We make sure today's action is peaceful and there is no anarchist action. We convey the demands of the workers," said Said Iqbal, Thursday, August 28, 2025.

The masses of workers who left the location took a rented bus that had been parked on Jalan Gelora, precisely around TVRI, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta.

The workers left the demonstration site after the Chairman of the Labor Party Said Iqbal delivered his oration on a vehicle parked in front of the main gate of the DPR Building.

A number of participants in the action slowly left the location. However, at the main location, a number of speeches were still ongoing delivered by representatives of other workers.

Meanwhile, based on information compiled by VOI, in addition to the labor demonstration held at the DPR RI Building on Thursday, August 28, 2025, the masses also held other demonstrations at 15 different locations in Jakarta.

The demonstration of workers which was held in front of the DPR Building brought 6 demands:

1. Deleting the outsourcing system.

2. Reject the low wage policy.

3. Demand an increase in the minimum wage of 2026 by 8.5 10.5 percent.

4. Urging the revocation of Government Regulation Number 35 of 2021 concerning outsourcing rules.

5. Ask the government to stop the wave of layoffs by forming a special task force.

6. Implementing tax reform, including increasing PTKP from IDR 4.5 million to IDR 7.5 million per month.


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