Nine Demands For Ojol Demo At The Horse Statue

Illustration of online motorcycle taxi demonstrations (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Online motorcycle taxi drivers (Ojol) along with online taxis, and couriers held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Transportation office, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, May 20.

Chairman of the Indonesian Transport Workers Union (SPAI) Lily Pujianti said that her party held an action because of the lack of driver income, which usually earns Rp50 thousand to Rp100 thousand per day, is now continuing to decline.

"This is exacerbated by a cut in the platform which reaches 70%, violating government regulations of a maximum of 20%," Lily said when contacted, Tuesday, May 20.

He said the drivers were also forced to work from morning to night which took 12 to 16 hours. Which, it exceeds the rule of 8 hours of work from the government.

"We are forced to do it (on bid) for 30 full days. There is no rest time for Saturday-Sunday for drivers, as well as the absence of menstrual leave and paid birth for female drivers," he said.

In the driver application, there are four levels that make orders more and more. For example, Grab drivers have member levels, Satria and Jawara fighters.

Untuk bisa mencapai ketingkat Jawara, seorang pengemudi haris on bid selama 250 jam selama satu bulan. Apa kalau di bawah itu, tingkat akan turun dan orderan pun bisa sepi.

"That means 8.3 hours per day. And it's a full month non-stop," he said.

The inappropriate work condition, he continued, was exacerbated by the existence of discriminatory priority schemes such as GrabBike Saving slot schemes, aceng (goceng) in Gojek, hub schemes at ShopeeFood, priority schemes at Maxim, Lalamove, InDrive, Deliveree, Borzo and others. So as a result, the order became quiet because the order was uneven.

"The platform company applies suspended sanctions and breaks-up partners without any negotiations with the union. In addition, there is no social security such as BPJS Employment and Health for drivers," he complained.

The 9 demands of the Ojol drivers are:

1. Remove partnerships, determine ojol drivers, taksols and couriers as permanent workers.

2. Remove discriminatory priority schemes such as GrabBike Hemat; slot scheme, aceng (goceng) in Gojek, hub scheme at ShopeeFood, priority schemes at Maxim, Lalamove, InDrive, Deliveree, Borzo and others.

3. The government must determine the amount of goods/logistics and food tariffs, not submitted to the applicator and transparency in the calculation of tariffs.

4. Remove the cut of the applicator that reduces the driver's income.

5. Reject arbitrary suspension and break-up (PM) sanctions, as well as a fair and effective dispute resolution mechanism involving unions.

6. Reject Grab's merger with Gojek Tokopedia which will lead to a monopoly and have a bad impact on drivers.

7. Fulfillment of decent work conditions, human income, Social Security (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan and BPJS Kesehatan) as well as the dignity of female drivers and people with disabilities in employment.

8. platform companies are required to provide facilities and work equipment for drivers such as shelters, jackets, helmets, bags and operational costs such as gasoline, credit, data packages, parking, vehicle services and others.

9. Immediately legalize the legal umbrella for the protection of ojol drivers, taksols, couriers in the Employment Bill.

This action received tight escort from 2,554 joint personnel.

Central Jakarta Metro Police Chief, Kombes Susatyo Purnomo Condro, said that security was carried out without carrying firearms.

"We ensure that security is carried out humanely and professionally. Officers are not equipped with firearms because our main task is to maintain security and serve people who want to express their aspirations," said Susatyo when interviewed at the location, Tuesday, May 20.

He added that all ranks in the field had been directed to serve the action participants with a friendly approach and respect for the rights of the community in expressing opinions.