KSPI President Said Iqbal: Mr. President Jokowi Is Extraordinary In Handling The Pandemic, We Appreciate It

President Jokowi (DOK BPMI Setpres)

JAKARTA - The President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) Said Iqbal appreciated the government's efforts to deal with COVID-19 and its impact, especially on workers and workers.

"Regarding the success of the government under the leadership of Mr. President Jokowi in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, the workers, including KSPI, appreciate it. It is an extraordinary work," said KSPI President Said Iqbal as quoted by Antara, Monday, October 25.

Said said the collaboration of the central and regional governments as well as all levels of society has succeeded in helping to deal with the pandemic, although the addition of COVID-19 cases continues to this day.

But Said said the impact of the pandemic on the economic sector was still felt in several fields which indirectly affected his workers.

In the current situation, KSPI encourages the district/city minimum wage (UMK) in 2022 to be increased to around seven to ten percent, taking into account the increase in basic needs based on the decent living needs survey (KHL) they conducted in several provinces.

"The KHL survey on the market in each province found an average increase of seven percent to 10 percent. Therefore, we ask for the 2022 UMK to apply an increase of seven percent to 10 percent," said Said.

In addition to the increase in some basic necessities, the KSPI survey also found an increase in transportation costs for workers considering that there are still public transportation that has not been operating optimally.

This makes many workers switch to using online transportation and causes an increase in the transportation burden for workers.