Labour protests in Indonesia : treading the tightrope of minimum wage

In the aftermath of unprecedented capital outflows in Indonesia linked to financial measures in the United States, 20,000 workers went on strike for minimum wage and threatened more. Is this surge of labour unrest a symptom of a much deeper labour quandary?

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Main Authors: Chen, Jonathan, Fitriani Bintang Timur
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104332
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20144
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:In the aftermath of unprecedented capital outflows in Indonesia linked to financial measures in the United States, 20,000 workers went on strike for minimum wage and threatened more. Is this surge of labour unrest a symptom of a much deeper labour quandary?