President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is scheduled to meet the union leaders in the President’s office in Jakarta this afternoon, Monday (29/04/2013). The meeting between Yudhoyono and the union leadership is done ahead of International Labor Day or May Day on May 1, 2013. A number of elements of the workers will perform a demonstration [...]
Approximately 23,000 personnel of City Police will be prepared to secure the International Labor Day that will be held by hundreds of thousands of workers in the Jakarta area. "Our personnel which are assigned to the field consist of the regional polices, police resorts, and police sectors. TNI will also be involved," said Metro Jaya [...]
Automotive analyst, Jessada Thongpak predicted Indonesia would become the largest car market in Southeast Asia in 2014. The estimate refers to the data in the country’s car market grew by 25% to a record 1.1 million through the sale of units in 2012. With the large number of vehicles, it has created a traffic jam [...]
Chairman of the Indonesian Employers Association (APINDO) complained of job cuts by employers every day, especially in labor-intensive industries. The step was taken to avoid the rising provincial minimum wage (UMP). "Many labor-intensive companies reduce hundreds of employees in stages. They will not announce the reduction of workers, because they are embarrassed," said Sofjan, Monday [...]
Lion Air will open an aircraft maintenance center in Batam in mid-year. The workshop aircraft would be used to treat 100 aircraft owned by the company, as well as other airlines both locally and internationally, according to the Managing Director of Lion Air, Rusdi Kirana. The facility will be built on an area of 16 [...]
Lion Air has ordered 234 Airbus aircraft. With the new aircraft, Lion Air will expand its operations into two countries in the Asia Pacific region next year. "Our target is the Asia Pacific region. The choice of these countries has not been determined. But in 2014, we are targeting expansion in the two countries," said [...]
French aircraft manufacturer, Airbus reportedly getting aircraft orders worth U.S. $ 20 billion, equivalent to Rp 194 trillion at current exchange rates, from the low-cost airline carrier in Indonesia, PT Lion Mentari Airlines (Lion Air). According to sources, as quoted by Reuters, the deal will be announced on Monday (18/3) in a ceremony attended by [...]