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Indonesia: Workers to Rally Against Mass Layoffs Today, Demanding Increase in Minimum Wage

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Workers, under the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) of Jakarta, will be demonstrating at the City Hall Office, Central Jakarta, Thursday, November 10, 2022. The demonstrations consist of the demand for an increase in the Provincial Minimum Wage (UMP) 2023 by 13 percent and the rejection of mass employee layoffs by the threat of […]

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Singapore wants open supply chains as US levels China chip curbs

SINGAPORE is pushing for “open, inclusive” tech supply chains to counteract accelerating economic bifurcation after the US moved to restrict China’s access to cutting-edge semiconductors. Speaking at an event on Wednesday (Nov 9), Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said such divisions would be inflation, supply chain disruptions, slower technological progress and “further disrupt global systems.” […]

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