Demo Pekerja Depan Balai Kota DKI 'Eat' Jalan Hingga Resisa Satu Lajur, Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan

Labor demonstrations in front of the DKI City Hall (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - A labor group that is part of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) DKI Jakarta held a demonstration in front of the DKI Jakarta City Hall. In front of the Jakarta Governor's Office (Pj) Heru Budi Hartono, they voiced their rejection of the increase in the DKI Jakarta minimum wage (UMP) by 5.6 percent or an increase to Rp4.9 million. In their action, they used the body of Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan from east to west. Of the four vehicle lanes and one bicycle lane, three lanes are used for action points, the placement of command cars, to the parking lot of motorbikes they use. Congestion is inevitable because the vehicle can only cross one lane. The vehicle's horn rang repeatedly. Police officers and traffic officers are trying to unravel the congestion. Along with that, the demonstration orators voiced their aspirations over the command. They demanded that the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta revise Governor's Decree (Kepgub) Number 1153 of 2022 which stipulates the DKI UMP at 5.6 percent and replaces it to 10.55 percent or to Rp. 5.1 million. "It turns out that the Governor's Decree of DKI only increased 5.6 percent. This is very detrimental, the figure of 5.6 percent has never been imagined in our minds," said the orator, Friday, December 2. For information, Heru set the minimum wage in Jakarta to increase by around Rp259 thousand from the 2022 UMP which was previously set at Rp4.6 million. The increase in the 2023 UMP is set in the Governor's Decree No. 1153 of 2022. The government uses variables α (alpha) of 0.2. The alpha variable is the contribution of the workforce to economic growth which forms a certain value from a predetermined value range. The use of alpha variables refers to the Minister of Manpower Regulation (Permenaker) Number 18 of 2022 concerning the Determination of Minimum Wage in 2023.