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• Economy (Indonesia)

  Indonesian labour leaders reject government claim that number of poor has fallen

  29 July, by DAMARJATI Danu

  Jakarta – The Trade Union Coalition-Labour Party (KSP-PB) has rejected the government’s claim that the poverty rate in Indonesia has fallen.
  Said Iqbal speaking at press conference next to Horse Statue in Jakarta – August 20, 2024 (Kompas)
  “The BPS’s (National Statistics Agency) statement (…)

• Economy (Indonesia)

  Indonesia: Tighter supervision of palm oil industry urged after modern slavery finding

  26 January 2022, by CNN Indonesia

  Jakarta — Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government, and the police in particular, to tighten supervision of the palm oil industry following the finding of human cage at the home of non-active Langkat Regent Terbit Rencana Perangin Angin.
  Amnesty International Executive (…)

• Economy (Indonesia)

  Rally in Yogyakarta demands dismissal and prosecution of ’smackdown’ police officer

  15 October 2021, by CNN Indonesia

  Yogyakarta — Scores of protesters from various civil society groups held a demonstration in front of the Yogyakarta provincial regional police headquarters in Sleman on Friday October 15.
  The demonstrators were demanding that a police officer who slammed Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Islamic (…)

• Economy (Indonesia)

  Indonesia: One year on, Jobs Law has failed to bring prosperity, create jobs: Trade Union

  14 October 2021, by MASHABI Sania

  Sania Mashabi, Jakarta — Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation (KASBI) Chairperson Nining Elitos says that Law Number 11/2020 on Job Creation has had the totally opposite effect to the government’s desire to increase prosperity and create job opportunities.
  According to (…)

• Economy (Indonesia)

  Indonesia: Workers rally in Bandung to mark one year since enactment of Job Creation Law

  14 October 2021, by CNN Indonesia

  Bandung — Hundreds of workers from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation (KASBI) commemorated the anniversary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) in front of the Gedung Sate building in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung on Thursday October 14.
  WFTU is (…)

• Economy (Indonesia)

  Indonesia: 40 out of 90 coal-fired power companies have politically affiliated bosses: Survey

  15 April 2021, by CNN Indonesia

  Jakarta — Transparency International (TII) Indonesia says that 40 out of the 90 coal-fired power plant (PLTU) companies in the country have directors or commissioners have a conflict of interest or are politically exposed persons (PEPs).
  TII researcher Belicia Angelica says that these (…)

• Economy (Indonesia)

  Pembebasan students call for end to criminalisation of environmental activists

  19 March 2018, by HAFID Saifuddin

  The Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan) held a protest action at the offices of PT. Huddleston on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman in South Jakarta on Monday March 19 calling for an end to the criminalisation of environmental activists.
  Pembebasan chairperson Rahman Ladanu said (…)

• Economy (Indonesia)

  The Economic slowdown and its consequences for the Indonesian Labour Movement

  17 February 2014, by SPRAGUE Ted

  The Indonesian economy is slowing down, like many of the “emerging” economies. In these conditions methods of struggle that led to important gains for the working class in the recent past no longer have the same effects. This poses a number of questions that have to be answered by the labour (…)