JAKARTA (Reuters) - A national strike demanding higher wages for Indonesian workers failed to win much support on Thursday, handing some welcome breathing space for the government, employers and investors just as Southeast Asia's biggest economy begins to stumble.
Police said fewer than 50,000 workers gathered in industrial centres in and around the capital Jakarta to demand an increase in minimum wages and improved social welfare, a tiny fraction of the number who turned out a year ago.
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