On 16 April, 700 Federation of Indonesian Metalworkers Union (FSPMI) union workers at PT Toshiba Consumer Products Indonesia in East Jakarta Industrial Park went on strike after the company refused to implement the collective labour agreement (CBA) signed by the union and management. After the strike, the company sent a letter to all employees saying that those who took part in the strike action would be terminated, and later shut down production and stopped health insurance coverage to all strikers. On 5 May, police and 30 hired thugs attacked strikers outside the company gates. The company also dismissed 15 elected trade union leaders. On 22 August, FSPMI and Toshiba resolved the dispute with the signing of a CBA and an agreement to reinstate 697 workers, but not the 15 local union leaders.
On 10 March, laid-off workers from the manufacturing company PT Mulia Industrindo demonstrated at the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry in South Jakarta. Mulia Industrindo dismissed about 500 workers without severance pay after they went on strike in February. On 9 June, about 1,700 workers from polyester and textile manufacturer PT Susila Indah Fiber Industries, in Tangerang, Banten, also went on strike after they failed to reach an agreement with the company’s management over several issues, including union recognition and wages that were below the minimum salary. In addition, the company had suspended three workers for their involvement in labor protests in Jakarta on 1 May.
In February, FSPMI union workers at PT Toshiba Consumer Products Indonesia in East Jakarta Industrial Park went on strike after an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations. In response, the company dismissed 300 workers, and a FSMPI union officer was charged with destruction of property as the company claimed that the officer had damaged a company phone during the negotiations.