ALKINEMOKIYE (FROM STRUGGLE DAWNS NEW HOPE): September 15, 2011 . 8,000 of the 22,000 Freeport Indonesia workers went on strike, demanding a wage increase from US$ 3.5 to US$ 7.5 an hour. It was the longest and most widely participated worker strike since began operations in Indonesia in 1967. July 2009 -- November 2011, at least 11 e ...