BBM Naik, Buruh Tuntut Upah Minimum Naik 50%
Labors Demand Minimum Wage Increase 50% as Fuel Hike
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Ketua Umum Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Seluruh Indonesia (KSPI), Iqbal mengatakan semua aktivitas di kawasan industri di Cikarang dan Cibitung, Bekasi, setelah ratusan buruh memprotes kenaikan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM).
Said menilai, kenaikan harga BBM akan menurunkan daya beli buruh hingga 30%, karena harga bahan pokok juga akan naik.
"Kami memiliki dua tuntutan. Pertama, kami menentang kenaikan harga BBM. Kedua, jika harga BBM naik, kami menuntut upah minimum regional meningkat hingga 50 persen," katanya kepada pers di Jakarta, Jumat (21/6).
Sekitar 15 ribu buruh di Karawang dan 10 ribu buruh di Bogor akan melakukan unjuk rasa untuk memprotes kenaikan harga BBM. "Buruh di Pulogadung juga akan bergabung untuk demo tapi saya belum tahu jumlah buruh yang akan demo," katanya.
Said menambahkan, mereka akan melakukan mogok nasional jika pemerintah tidak merespon. Pemogokan ini dijadwalkan berlangsung pada 16 Agustus, ketika Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono memberikan pidato pada anggaran negara (APBN).
"Jika pemerintah tidak merespon protes buruh, kami akan segera melakukan pemogokan nasional," tegasnya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Confederation of Indonesian Labor Unions (KSPI) president, Said Iqbal, said all industrial activities in Cikarang and Cibitung industrial estate, Bekasi, had been stopped as hundreds of labors protested on the increased fuel price. Said argued the fuel price hike will decrease the labors´ purchasing power up to 30 percent, as the price of basic commodities will also rise.
"We have two demands. First is that we oppose the increase of fuel price. Second, if the fuel price increases, we demand the regional minimum wage to increase by 50 percent," Said told Tempo today, June 21.
Fifteen thousand labors in Karawang and 10,000 in Bogor also rallied to protest on fuel price. "Labors in Pulogadung will also join the rally but I don´t know the number yet," he said.
Said continued, they would perform a national strike if the government does not respond. The strike is scheduled to take place on August 16, when Presdient Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono gives speech on the state budget (APBN).
"If the government does not respond the rally, we may perform the national strike sooner," he emphasized.
