May Day is Really A Mayday

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MayDay or the labor day was celebrated by all the labor in the world, also in Indonesia with no exception. I am not sure how things are doing in the other part of the world, but in my place things can be quite different, because of the law, labor union, politics, and off course money especially in profit and salary.

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Mayday have quite up and down in the Indonesia History, before it officially announced as a National Holiday in May 1st 2014 by the Former President Yudhoyono. But why recently? as the rest of the world has already celebrating it for decades.

Well this come the politics part, as we have a bad history on the failed coup by the Communist Party, President Suharto the longest President of Indonesian History banned any kind of the labor celebration because it is associated with the Communist.

But does with the official recognition really helping the industry and the labor into a better state? well not really actually. Since the Labor Union has become so big and think they have the big power because of their big numbers, almost every labor day they are demonstrating, asking for a raised in wage, and in some cases it turns violence.

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The Minimum wage are updated every year by the Local Government depending on the living cost in each area. In those area which are becoming the industrial area, the minimum wage are a bit better then the other place. On average the minimum is around $300 a month, while me in the tourism gets around $200 a month.

with that kind of disparities in the other area, every year the Labor Union will strike a demonstration demanding a wage rise from the company and also pushing the government to making a new statement about it. most of the time it went ugly as it turns violence.

That a bit sad because by doing that, they are also limiting the other people when it turns violence and damaging public property. Its also pushing the company to seek other country to invest in, like moving its company to Vietnam which has a better industrial policy and economic climate. Which in turn also making the labor losing job when the company shut down.

Yes I believe we all want to have a very good salary to cover our expenses and also to have a much better life, but pushing the company limit also not really good, as when they think the business is not profitable, they can just shut down, and leave us with nothing. Or can we really find a win-win solution?

What about in your place, how the mayday going, and what economic impact they have on the nation?

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