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The current position of the wage board is very strategic due to its recomendations by the governor and/or regent/mayor to set the wage in his region. The board of wage was formed based on the decree of the minister, governor and/or the regency/district in accordance with its position at the national level. The board of wage. The board of wage is a tripartite institution in the field ofwage whose membership conssist of government elements, labor union, and enterpreneurs. Those institution must be in the board of wage. Unions are a platform for worker to organize and fight for their rights. One of the fucntions of the Union is as one component that must be in the board of wage as contained in art 25 No.21 of 2000, said that the unions are entitled to establish institutions or doing something who related to improve the workers welfare/labour; the union is represented by one of the unions in the district/city for the board of wage, and and the union for the wage council in the provincial area. The existence of this union is very important in the organizational of the board of remuneration in decisive and determined the size of wages set. However, it can represent workers is no certainty due to the difference of UU No.21 of 2000 about Labor Union dan UU No.13 of 2003 about Labor Law. According to Law No. 21, there are trade unions formed within a company and outside the company, as well as Law No. 13 of 2003, but it is not explained which can represent workers in a tripartite institution whether there are only trade unions in a company or can also be in outside the company. The obscurity raises debate thus difficulty of forming a board of wage in some areas, including West Sumatera. This study uses a sociological juridical approach using library research dan interviews with the Union workers, Department of Manpower, and the Board of Wage of West Sumatera Province.