Workers plan protests over new jobs law


JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesian workers plan to hold protests across the country on Saturday against an emergency regulation signed by President Joko Widodo to replace a controversial jobs law, the Labour Party chairman says.

Workers will urge parliament to reject the regulation because its contents hurt labour rights, said Said Iqbal.

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