Jakarta - Chairman of the Indonesian Labor Assembly (MPBI) Said Iqbal said 2.8 million workers all over the country will join a one-day strike Wednesday demanding abolition of the out sourcing system of labor recruitment. Some of the workers will demonstrate in front of the the House of Representatives in Jakarta and the legislative assemblies in the provinces all over the country, Iqbal said here on Wednesday. Iqbal who is also the president of Confederation of Indonesian Labor Unions (KSPI), said the biggest strike would be held in the industrial district of Bekasi including at the industrial estates of Ejip, Jababeka and MM 2100, where 500,000 workers will take part. "I suggest the mass media people go to Ejip, Cikarang,in the regency of Bekasi earlier or you are almost certain to be trapped in heavy traffic jams," said. MPBI asks for apology from the Indonesian people for the inconvenience caused by the strike. Earlier Iqbal said the strike will be concentrated in 80 industrial centers in more than 21 regencies/cities all over the country. "The agenda is demand for the abolition of Outsourcing System in recruiting workers, pay hike and health security for all not only workers to be effective in 2014 not in 2019 as set by the government," he said. He said the strike will be staged in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Serang, Cilegon, Karawang, Purwakarta, Sukabumi, Cimahi, Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Mojokerto, Pasuruan, Gresik, Batam, Karimun, Medan, Deli, Makassar, and Bitung. (*)


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