Indonesian Shoemaker Workers Earn A Minimum Salary Of $179.

Indonesia

China and Vietnam, which compete with the slippers industry and compete for orders from foreign buyers, are the highest.

Hendrik, a member of the steering committee of the Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo), told reporters yesterday: "the minimum wage of China's footwear industry is slightly higher than that of China in."

He explained that the minimum wage in the danger's shoe industry in Wan Dan province now stands at $179 a month, or about 1 million 700 thousand shields.

Daglan is Indonesia's most popular place in shoes and slippers industry.

The average wage in the Indonesian footwear industry is $1.03 per hour, with a working time of 40 hours in a week.

In addition, the average wage in China's footwear industry reaches US $0.91 per hour, the average wage in Vietnam's footwear industry reaches US $0.46 per hour, and the average wage in Kampuchea footwear industry reaches US $0.29 per hour.

"The lowest wage in footwear industry reaches the highest total in China.

The city is $1600 a month, while the minimum wage in footwear industry in Qingyuan, China, reaches US $159 a month, "he said.

He added that wages in other competing countries amounted to $95 a month, while wages in Kampuchea amounted to only $61 a month.

Nowadays entrepreneurs are aiming at Kampuchea as a place to invest in shoes.

"If the wages of our footwear industry are rated the lowest total, it is wrong," he continued.

The shoe and slippers industry is labor intensive and employs 400 thousand labor force from 50 to 60 companies.

Hendrik claimed that foreign buyers made 95% orders for their sports shoes, such as Adidas (Adidas), Nike (Nike), new New (Balance), and Puma (PUMA) to three countries, namely China, Vietnam and Indonesia.

"The potential of our country to dominate the market share of sports shoes orders is about 29% to 30%, but now it has dropped to 25%," he said.

If the government does not immediately straighten out the working atmosphere of the workers, such as the wage policy and the clarity of the law, he worries that the potential of Indonesia to acquire shoes orders from foreign buyers will be decreasing and the ability of domestic industries to absorb new labour will be lower and lower.

On the same occasion, chairman of the Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) Steering Committee

(Harijanto) continued: "the export of shoes in China is still the third place after China and Vietnam.

I heard that the export of shoes from Vietnam will reach US $7 billion this year.

He continued that the Indonesian shoe export volume, which was set to reach US $5 billion this year, was forecast to reach US $3 billion 500 million, because workers were sabotaging some shoe factories and carrying out demonstrations, resulting in the production process hindered.