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A lot of information on Indonesian labor struggles can also be found in the various electronic bulletins sections.
, by KPRI
What Indonesia’s maintrade unions did by centring this year’s May Day action as a platform for President Prabowo was wrong, and a betrayal of the workers themselves. Distorting May Day as a momentum of resistance into a day for workers to dig their own graves.
Sketch by Henk Ngantung of May (…)
, by HALID Disya
Capitalism continues to demonstrate its cruelty in treating human beings. Workers, who should be treated fairly and protected as humans, are instead viewed merely as objects from whom labour and time can be squeezed solely for profit. Moreover, these profits are only enjoyed by the capitalists (…)
IndustriALL Global Union Indonesia affiliates collectively calls on the Indonesian President, Prabowo Subianto, to replace the controversial Omnibus Law with a worker-friendly labour law.
The Indonesian Constitutional Court accepted 21 of 71 petition points from unions last November and (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, MANTALEAN Vitorio, RAMADHAN Ardito
Vitorio Mantalean, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta — Labour Party President Said Iqbal says that workers re demanding an annual minimum wage increase of 8-10 percent in 2025.
“Based on a Labour Party and Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) Litbang [research and development] analysis, this (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, Ihsanuddin, SUTRISNA Tria
The Civil Society Network for Gender Justice Policies is urging House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani to push through the enactment of the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT).
Network representative and National Network for Domestic Worker Advocacy (Jala (…)
, by RAFSANJANI Akbar
President Jokowi Widodo’s 2020 Omnibus Bill slashed a range of protections for workers in the name of attracting foreign investment. Trade unions say they won’t abide it.
Trade unions in Indonesia are mobilizing workers by the thousands to protest the 2020 Omnibus Bill, which significantly (…)
, by SIMANJUNTAK Surya Dua Artha
Leftists in Ukraine are simultaneously resisting Russian imperialism and the domestic imposition of neoliberalism.
Jakarta -– A coalition of civil society activists calling themselves the Indonesian People’s Protest demonstrated in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in (…)
, by AKBAR Adrial
Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation (KASBI) Chairperson Nining Elitos is calling for outstanding cases of human rights violations in Indonesia to be fully resolved.
Elitos made the demand while holding a demonstration to commemorate International Human Rights Day on (…)
, by INGLESON John
Abstract: Dutch recognition of Indonesia’s sovereignty in December 1949 ended the constraints of colonialism, invasion, and reoccupation. Unions were free to reorganize and workers were free to take collective action to improve their lot in life. A labor movement that had struggled against a (…)
, by NG Silvia
Workers from the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) held a protest action near the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Thursday October 20. They brought a number of demands ranging from calls for a reduction in the price of fuel (BBM) to revoking the Jobs Law (Ciptaker).
Based on (…)
, by ANDRIANI Astika
From unhappy childhood in a village, working as a domestic worker, to learning to become a union leader who courageously leads workers’ protests, Aan Aminah recounts her inspirational stories in a wide-ranging conversation.
On a rainy Thursday in September 2022, we visited the office of a (…)
, by CNN Indonesia
The Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) along with a number of other social organisations, including students, will hold a mass demonstration against the recent fuel (BBM) price hike next week, on Tuesday September 13.
“KASBI [the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation], (…)
, by SILAEN Muslim
The labour situation in Indonesia is currently facing the challenge of de-industrialization which has resulted in many workers starting to turn into informal workers. The time and rules imposed in work are also now becoming more lax or flexible—the changing industry has resulted in the labour (…)
, by ALAIDRUS Fadiyah
“You are unfit to work,” an employment agency staff member told Nining Ivana.
There was no other explanation. At that moment, the then-22-year-old only knew one thing was certain: her window of opportunity for a better life in Malaysia slammed shut.
But Nining didn’t know exactly what was (…)
Jakarta — Indonesian United Trade Union Federation (FSBPI) General Chairperson Dian Septi Trisnanti says that the Emergency Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM) are largely not being applied for workers in the textile, garment, footwear and leather manufacturing sectors. (…)
, by RAGANATA Gusti
Not so long after a viral tweet by an underpaid freelance teacher at Ruangguru, drew attention to the education-based technology company’s exploitation of interns, Indonesia saw strikes and massive protests from couriers for Shopee, a leading e-commerce start-up in South East Asia. Ironically, (…)
, by CNN Indonesia
Jakarta — The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) says that the forced evictions of Buntu Lane II residents in Pancoran, East Jakarta, by employees of the state-owned oil-and-gas company PT Pertamina which involved a social or mass organisation was a gross human rights violation.
In an (…)
, by SURYADINATA Leo
A recent demonstration against a Chinese nickel company in Southeast Sulawesi could be a labour dispute – or something more.
On the morning of 14 December 2020, hundreds of people carried out demonstrations at the front gate of Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry (VDNI), a company owned by (…)
, by PRASETYO Frans Ari
In 2019, brutal evictions took place in Kampung Tamansari in Bandung, West Java. Carried out by police, military, and para-military groups on the orders of the city authorities, the action included violent evictions, the burning of houses, firing of tear gas, and the arrest of activists. But the (…)
, by DE JONG Alex
Indonesia’s new Omnibus Law was passed earlier this month, enacting a major series of counterreforms to workers’ rights and the environment. In protest, tens of thousands of workers went on strike, and in dozens of cities, students took to the streets.
In recent weeks, Indonesia has seen a (…)
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