Indonesian Workers Protest Delay in Minimum Wage Hike
Say wages not keeping up with increased price of living
Tens of thousands of people are protesting in Indonesia against government plans to delay its planned increase of the minimum wage.
Said Iqbal, a union labour leader in Jakarta, the capital, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that workers are continuing to demonstrate because they "need the government to implement a health insurance and pension system for all Indonesians".
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