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A lot of information on Indonesian labor struggles can also be found in the various electronic bulletins sections.
, by FNPBI
Kamis, 4 November 2010 | 16:48 WIB
The National Front of Indonesian Workers’ Struggle (FNPBI) held its fifth congress on 24-26 October in Denpasar Bali. About 300 FNPBI organisers from 9 provinces of Indonesia attended the opening ceremony. It was also attended by Agus Jabo Priyono, the (…)
, by KASBI
To: All Comrades in Trade Union in Indonesia and International All Comrades in National and International Network
Call for Solidarity:
PT. ONAMBA INDONESIA PRACTICE UNION BUSTING IN INDONESIA!
(Call for solidarity on dismissal of M. Iwan Ridwan – Chair of SPA FSPEK PT Onamba - KASBI)
In (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
’Protesters reject electricity rate hikes, deadly ’LPG bombs’
Detik.com - August 7, 2010
Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta — Scores of people held a protest action opposition the recent increases in basic electricity rates (TDL) and the price of LPG gas canisters in the Central Java city of (…)
, by HIDAYATULLAH M
We will not describe a long note on Indonesia people movement in this paper. We only analyze it briefly and give the historical points and recent conditions, since we have been carrying out some literature researches and worked it out. In this case, we will give main attention on Indonesia (…)
, by TRISNANTI Dian
Direct Action. Under the theme “Unite against capitalism and the regime that supports it, build a united national labour movement that is progressive, militant, democratic and independent”, on July 9, 76 labour union representatives from around the country gathered in the Jakarta satellite city (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
Waspada.com - July 5, 2009
Jombang — Thousands of workers have declared their opposition to participating in the July 8 presidential elections. The agreement emerged out of a mass meeting and consolidation by hundreds of trade union representatives held today at the Youth Social Development (…)
, by KING Sam
Thousands of factory workers blockaded the Padalarang highway in West Java causing traffic to back up10 kilometres along the road for four hours on November 24. The workers, from the West Bandung industrial zone, demanded their regional minimum wage be fixed at 1.17 million rupiah (the (…)
, by IUF
Major Spanish-based hotel chain Sol Melia has moved to squash workers’ rights in their flagship Indonesian hotel, the Jakarta Gran Melia. In 2005 the hotel signed a collective agreement with the IUF-affiliated SPM Gran Melia, but management has systematically refused to implement what they’ve (…)
, by Anwar “Sastro” Maruf
The following is a translation of one out of a series of 13 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisations in Indonesia around the theme “Ten Years after the Fall of Suharto - Views from the People’s (…)
, by Lqbal
The following is a translation of one out of a series of 13 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisations in Indonesia around the theme “Ten Years after the Fall of Suharto - Views from the People’s (…)
, by Marlo
This is the seventh translation from of a series of 13 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisations in Indonesia around the theme “Ten Years after the Fall of Suharto - Views from the People’s (…)
, by ARIANE Zely
The following is the twelfth translation out of a series of 13 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisations in Indonesia around the theme “Ten Years after the Fall of Suharto - Views from the (…)
, by Papernas
Hundreds of people organised under the Indonesian Poor People’s Union (SRMI) carried out protests at offices of foreign-owned oil and mining companies to denounce various government’s anti-poor policies resulting from foreign domination of the country’s natural wealth.
In Makassar, South (…)
, by SETIYAWAN Iwan
Iwan Setiyawan, Jakarta — Workers and employees in Indonesia are still not free to associate. This can be seen from the small number of trade unions in the workplace, that is around 5.8 percent out of a total of 189,000 companies in Indonesia.
This was one of the results of a study by the (…)
, by KING Sam
Puncack,
Transport workers from six different sectoral unions met from January 23-25 in West Java to form the National Transport Workers Union (FBTN).
This is a breakthrough for transport workers who have not possessed a national federation since the destruction of the Indonesian trade union (…)
Three of Indonesian women migrant workers are in prison at other countries (Bahrain, Abudhabi, Riyadh).They are Yoyoh Bt. Mustopa (32 years old), from Bekasi that stay in Bahrain’s prison, Sunariyah (28 years old), from Karawang that stay in Abudhabi’s prison, and Juleha Bt. Durakhman (29 years (…)
Kompas - September 22, 2007.
Jakarta — Around 50 members of the Poor People’s Alliance (ARM) demonstrated in front of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building on Friday September 21 against the imposition of bylaw on public order. The protest that was joined by some (…)
, by ARIANE Zely, PRAMODHAWARDANI Jaleswari
Welcome back to New Perspectives (Perspektif Baru), I’m Jaleswari Pramodhawardani and I’m here with Zely Ariane, an activist from the Perempuan Mahardhika National Network. Today we will be speaking about an issue that is of concern to us all, the urban poor.
We have all been shocked by the (…)
, by BALOWSKI James
Jakarta,
Tens of thousands of Indonesian workers commemorated May Day across the country demanding an end to contract labour and outsourcing, and for May 1 to be declared a national holiday.
This year’s rallies were largely peaceful — unlike last year, which saw a violent clashes in Jakarta (…)
, by COCKBURN Alexander, St CLAIR Jeffrey
Right till the end of January, Dita Sari, an Indonesian in her late twenties, was preparing to fly from her home near Jakarta to Salt Lake City to bask February 7 in the admiration of assorted do-gooders and celebrities mustered by the public relations department of Reebok, for the thirteenth (…)
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