University students protest against the government's labor reforms bill in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Several thousand students and workers protested in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday against President Joko Widodo's new jobs law, the latest in a series of rallies opposing legislation that the government says is needed to attract investment.
Dressed in yellow, blue and green jackets denoting their universities, students demanded the president, widely known as Jokowi, revoke the so-called ‘omnibus’ bill that critics say harms labour rights and the environment.
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