President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, announced that May Day 2024 will be held in every industrial city throughout Indonesia. Starting from Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, to Ternate. "More than 200 thousand people will participate in May Day across Indonesia, including Jakarta, Bandung, Serang, Surabaya, Semarang, Batam, Makassar, Banjarmasin, Ternate, Mimika, and others," said Iqbal.

"The use of outsourcing and contracts has been massive throughout Indonesia. Almost 4 years ago, wage increases were always below inflation. Even in some industrial cities, the wage increase was zero percent," said Iqbal. He gave examples, in 2024, the wage increase in Tangerang Regency was 1.64 percent, Bekasi Regency was 1.59 percent, Karawang Regency was 1.57 percent. According to him, these increases are below the inflation rate of 2.8 percent in 2024 and below the economic growth rate of 5.2 percent."

"The policy of cheap wages has resulted in a decrease of real wages and purchasing power of labor by 30-40 percent. In other words, in the past 5 years, real wages of labor have decreased and there has been no wage increase. Meanwhile, the average economic growth has increased by 5 percent," he said. Source: Liputan6.com."