EMPLOYEE WAGES
Straining Relations
A joint regulation by four ministers leads to protests by employees for favoring businesspeople. Verifications in regions are crucial points.
November 4, 2008
ERMAN Suparno’s facial expression is no longer tense. He is not as busy as he was two weeks ago. The Minister for Manpower & Transmigration completed in just two days the task given by Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, to formulate a draft regulation to prevent a wave of firings together with three other ministers.
Minister Sri Mulyani gave Erman the task on Monday of two weeks ago. Together with Home Affairs Minist
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