Indonesian Slipper Textile Exports Surged By New Wage Surge

Nuradi, chairman of P STT, recently said that the government promised to provide the labour force with the skills needed for the textile industry and its products. (Noerati) According to the Ministry of industry, the textile industry needs 3 million 500 thousand new labor forces this year. "The textile sector needs more labour force every year than the graduates of textile technology universities. We have a priority plan, which is to increase the workforce's working opportunities by 13 thousand people, increase production capacity by 17% to 28%, increase productivity by 7% to 17%, and increase the efficiency of energy use by 6% to 8%, "he further said. < /p >
< p > the Indonesian trade department is worried that the sharp rise in the minimum wage in the provinces will lead to the impact of export performance and labor absorption rate. Therefore, the Minister of trade (GitaWirjawan) requested the Minister of labor and immigration Mu Haimin MuhaiminIskandar to postpone the implementation of the provincial minimum wage in January 9th this year in Document No. fiftieth /M-DAG/SD/ first /2013. The Department that delays the implementation of provincial minimum wage, especially the slippers industry and the textile industry and its accessories (TPT). < /p >
Prior to "P", Minister of industry MSHidayat also sent a letter to the Minister of labor and immigration. He suggested that the minimum wage in provinces and regions should implement exceptions to labor-intensive industrial sectors. < /p >
< p > at the same time, a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_x.asp" > trade < /a > minister suggested that slippers and textile industry and their products can delay the implementation of minimum wage in provinces and regions, which is in line with the consensus between entrepreneurs and trade unions. The slippers and the textile industry and their products are the lifeblood of the economy, because the two sectors play an important role in the absorption of labor and foreign exchange earnings. < /p >
< p > during the past 5 years, < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_x.asp" > slippers < /a > exports, from 2007 to US $1 billion 800 million (17 trillion and 300 billion shields), increased to 3 billion 300 million US dollars (31 trillion and 700 billion shields) in 2011. The export of textile industry and its products reached US $9 billion 800 million in 2007 and increased by 7.3% in 2011 to 13 billion 300 million US dollars (128 trillion shields), and 60% of them came from the garment industry. < /p >
Prior to "P", the Minister of labor and immigration had asked local governments to directly inspect factories requiring delay in the implementation of these new wages. He has sent a letter to the governor of the whole country asking them to speed up the overcoming of the delayed application of new wages. < /p >
At the same time, Iqbal, chairman of the Federation of trade unions of Indonesia (SaidIqbal), evaluated that the steps taken by the trade minister could bring about the same mitigation request from other industrial departments, so that the welfare of workers was not obtained by P. To this end, he urged an audit of entrepreneurs to confirm the company's situation. < /p >
< p > he believes that it is the right time for the three talks between the Indonesian Entrepreneurs Association and the Indonesian a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_x.asp" and the industrial and commercial /a Hall (Kadin) to work with workers and government representatives. The government must also hold relevant departments, enterprises and trade unions to participate in the talks so as to find comprehensive solutions for the benefit of workers. < /p >