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Judul Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah under fire for maintaining minimum
wage for 2021
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neutral - Riden Hatam Aziz (secretary-general of the Indonesian Metal Workers Union) Ida
Fauziyah is not the manpower minister but the minister of Apindo [the Indonesian Employers
Association] or the businessmen's minister

positive - Ida Fauziyah (Minister of Manpower) We asked for the 2020 minimum wage to be
maintained for 2021. This is a middle ground that must be decided by the government under a
difficult situation

neutral - Sunardi (Depenas deputy chairman for labor) The employers suggested that the 2012
minimum wage stay the same as 2020; that's their suggestion, [.] but the workers gave their
suggestions as well. Why does the government only accommodate businesses?

negative - Mirah Sumirat (Indonesian Workers Union Association (ASPEK) president) We are very
angry; the government really doesn't care about us,

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Labor unions have lambasted Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah for leaving the minimum wage
unchanged for 2021, accusing her of siding with businesses over workers.

The workers called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday to instruct Ida to revoke a
newly issued circular letter that announced there would be no increase to the minimum wage.
They called the policy unfair, given that at least 11 business sectors were not affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic, such as energy, electronics and pharmaceuticals.

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