The Wave of Unemployment

The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic has impacted hundreds of thousands of workers. The number may still rise to the millions, with disappearing jobs adding to new unemployment. But limited data is a stumbling block to the government’s pre-employment card program.

Retno Sulistyowati

April 14, 2020

GANDING Toolsindo’s workshop in Bekasi, West Java, has been quiet this past week. The motorcycle exhaust spare parts workshop has sent over 100 workers home and some employee contracts were not renewed. The small-medium business that supplies spare parts to automotive factories has completely stopped production. “No more work. Only one or two people (are still working) on maintenance and cleaning,” the workshop’s owner, Wa

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