The problems of Jakarta can’t be solved in a conventional manner. As the capital of the country, Jakarta is supposed to have minimal problems considering its position as the center of government and business. Unintegrated infrastructure and poor spatial planning have turned Jakarta into a very-energy-wasteful-city. Such a city can certainly not be the center of government.
By the way, as i know that some countries have been successful in their attempts to move their old capitals to new places, like Istanbul to Ankara in Turkey, Bonn to Berlin in Germany, Melbourne to Canberra in Australia, Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia in Brazil, or Karachi to Islamabad in Pakistan. Success in capital relocation can happen both in developed and developing countries.So, i hope this could be happen in Indonesia someday for a better Jakarta.
2. Outsourcing
Outsourcing is one of the biggest problem in this country that i might say that this is one of the biggest trouble in this Country. Why? Because i still find that the people who’s from outsource that didn’t get paid for the last 2 months. What the fuck? People who’s from outsource are always get paid under UMR.
In the economic term, outsource is defined as the possibility of using external resources to conduct product or process that used to be produced by internal stakeholders. So, let’s say that company A needs a worker. So, they pay to the company B (as the company which provide outsource). Company A pay the company B higher than UMR or maybe at least the same as UMR. So, i ask you who read this , how much money or percentage that the outsource people get a month? The same as UMR? Big NO! Higher than UMR? Keep dreaming kiddo! Hell NO! They get paid lower than UMR. Maybe just 60% from the payroll (Company A to B).
So, why this is happened? The company B argue that they had spend a lot of money to train them, so that’s why the 40% as their income. Well, the 40% as their income cause they spend money money to train the people at least just-let’s-say-one-or-two-weeks. So, can you imagine how much money they get for years? There’s 2:3. The outsource people get 2 months salary is the same what the outsource company get in 3 months. They get it from each people that under their company! The money? It’s fucking blowfish! Fucking asshole!
The negative impacts of outsourcing on Indonesian workers have been widely debated in the last decade. It’s an important issue because it’s related to the wealth and future of the workers, which was clearly the message of the latest mass rally against outsourcing staged in a number of industrial regions accross the country.
As a system on industrial relations,outsourcing is widely used by many companies in the world, including Indonesia. It began in 1776, when Adam Smith, the pioneer of political economy, argued that firm would operate more efficiently if some unit businesses were distributed to other companies that were specialized in handling production process.
In Indonesia, outsourcing adversely affects employees and labor unions, rather than employers. Some consequences of outsourcing in the country include lower wages and unfavorable conditions workplace. Casual or contract workers resulting from outsourcing are the-worst-off beneficiaries of the practice. They have no right to social insurance, pension schemes or gradual increases in wages that correlates with the length of service. Outsourcing can cause disputes as well, due to different treatment in terms of salary and benefits between casual workers and permanent workers.
Workers employed under the outsourcing and contract system have long faced uncertainty and can’t support their families or send their children to school as they are underpaid or paid according to the minimum wage level and endure financial difficulties when two-year contract is not extended. Workers and families facing such a difficult situation have never enjoyed social welfare as expected by government through the new renumeration policy.
So many workers (mostly unskilled, included “fresh graduate”) will be exploited by employers in Indonesia. Some employers will push some wages very low and inhumane levels. A lack of bargaining power gives often immobile, uneducated and ignorant workers little choice but to accept wage offers. This is some core labor problems, the government shouldn’t ignore this.
