https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-protests/indonesia-unions-hold-protests-over-planned-labor-reform-idUSKBN1ZJ0PA Several thousand Indonesian workers held a rally on Monday outside parliament to protest against planned changes to labor laws as part of government reforms aimed at creating jobs and boosting investment in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.
The so-called “omnibus” bills the government wants parliament to pass aim to replace dozens of overlapping laws seen as obstacles to investment, and to streamline businesses permits and relax labor laws.
