By Imam Hanafi
Kotabaru, South Kalimantan (Antaranews) - All Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI) of South Kalimantan ensures will not take to streets to demand wage increases to the company through government.
Chairman of South Kalimantan SPSI Sadin Sasau said on Monday, he and his friends will not take to the streets to
march, as their counterparts do in other regions. " The reason is we have the provincial government to make sure
that the on November 1, 2013 will be issued a new wage for Rp1.620.000, up about 20 percent of Rp1.337.500 (last year wage)," Sadin said.
The decision, he added, is the result of the tripartite meeting between the government, the Indonesian Employers
Association (Apindo) and SPSI last October.
Initially, SPSI ask for a raise of about 30 percent of Rp1.337.500 , but after negotiations and multiple
consideration of each party, the increase in Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) set up about 20 percent of which is to be Rp1.620.000.
To avoid turmoil in the related issue of wage increases, SPSI officials socialize the result of tripartite meetings,
particularly to SPSI members in the districts/cities.
The agreement was reached, so that investment conditions in the area remains conducive, employers remain enthusiastic to do business, and employees happily carry out their duties as welfare improved.
Sadin explains that South Kalimantan SPSI has about 30 thousand more members in several companies in the region
of "Earth Antasari" . Among the largest industry in South Kalimantan are oil palm and rubber plantations, mining, and plywood industry.
Separately, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar suggested the workers/laborers who are members of union to change the struggle pattern from taking to the streets and strike into the social dialogue.
