Around 5,000 workers converged on the Department of Manpower & Transmigration in Jakarta on Wednesday of last week. From early morning a delegation from the All-Indonesia Labor Union Federation (FSPSI) attempted to meet with Minister of Manpower & Transmigration, Al-Hilal Hamdi, to lodge a protest with him for his Decree No. 78 of 2001 on the dismissal of employees.

According to Dita Indah Sari, chairwoman of the National Front for the