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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Hundreds of workers from different organizations joined in Jakarta Labor Forum Hall returned to Jakarta, Tuesday (13/11/2012) afternoon. They had come to demand the establishment of provincial minimum wage increase (UMP) while guarding the wage-setting meeting will be held at 14 pm later. "Ironically, many years Jakarta UMP defined by the Regional Wage Board recommendations remains low, even below the survey still needs a decent value," said Mohammad Toha, Secretary General of the Forum Labour administration. Based on information collected, hundreds of other workers when the mass is moving out of the industrial area and Tanjung Priok Pulogadung to join the action today. The workers are demanding the governor Joko Widodo meet them and threatened to continue to occupy the City Hall until their demands are met. Previously, Jokowi conveyed that it still continues to calculate the value of the UMP. In principle, the former mayor of Solo is more concerned with the welfare of the workers with fair wages without interrupting the passage of the production process of the company. Currently, Jokowi remain outside City Hall for accompanying President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's economic vision in the union seminar with the theme 'Together Forward Towards Indonesia 2030' at the Ritz Carlton, Pacific Place, Jakarta. Meanwhile, his deputy, Tjahaja Basuki Purnama, is attending the Council of Regional Development Plan for the Java-Bali in Yogyakarta. When found, the Secretary of Jakarta Wage Council, Dwi Untoro admitted trying to set a minimum wage in Jakarta this afternoon. But he expressed the difficulty of fulfilling all demands of the workers were asked UMP equivalent to 141.5 percent of the numbers living needs (KHL) Capital amounting to Rp 1,978,789. Dwi said the city government will set a minimum wage of 102 percent of the KHL, equivalent to USD 2.06 million. While the workers remained adamant to the demands of 141.5 per cent of the value of KLH, at $ 2,799,067.