The spate of increases is driving Indonesian workers to take to the streets, conduct strikes and file demands for wage increases.
Indonesian workers battle high prices, low wages despite producing oil, registering growth rates
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Street Shooter: Gate
A modern day worker walks past an ancient-looking gate other workers have constructed. (Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia)
Indonesia Experience Debunks Claims of JPEPA Advocates of Increased Economic Gains
The recently-implemented Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA) promised increased exports to Japan. But as the IJEPA went into effect in July, Indonesian Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said that Indonesia’s main exports, such as agricultural products and timber, will continue to face high non-tariff barriers in the form of quality standards, while Japanese high-tech imports will…
Suharto: A Declassified Documentary Obit
Edited by Brad Simpson National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 242 (http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB242/index.htm) Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 As Indonesia buries former President Suharto who died January 27 at the age of 86, the National Security Archive posted the day after a selection of declassified U.S. documents detailing…
In the wake of tsunami calamity: Indonesian army steps up war in Aceh
By John Roberts wsws 5 January 2005 Bulatlat.com There are growing signs that the Indonesian military (TNI) is exploiting the current catastrophe in northern Sumatra to crush the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and establish its unchallenged control over the resource-rich province of Aceh. So far the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that…