Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (left), Culture and Education Minister Nadiem Makarim (central), and Foreign Minister Retno pose for a photo ahead of the Indonesian cabinet members swearing-in ceremony presided by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (not pictured) on Oct. 23 October in Jakarta.
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By appointing Gojek CEO Nadiem Makarim, Jokowi seems eager to better manage Indonesia’s education system that is arguably too bureaucratic and outdated.
Online drivers work independently. But to improve their working conditions, drivers need to organise collectively.
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Drivers for online ride-hailing services face several social conditions that may challenge their efforts to transform collective action into a solid union.
The collection of huge data sets that can be searched, collected and cross-referenced is called Big Data.
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Indonesia revised a regulation on ride-hailing services to ensure fair competition. But the government has yet to address the job insecurity issues that drivers face.
Indonesia’s ridesharing startup GoJek’s has local market knowledge and connections that helped it outfox Uber.
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