Labour & Migrant Workers

December 2025

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – December 10, 2025

Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) held a demonstration in the National Monument (Monas) area of Central Jakarta on Wednesday December 10.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – December 10, 2025

Jakarta – The Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) is urging the government and House of Representatives (DPR) to pass the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT).

November 2025

News/West Papua
Jubi Papua – November 21, 2025

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – PT Freeport Indonesia workers who were laid off (PHK) in 2017 are demanding that the company immediately fulfill their rights, and convey the Inspectorate's findings to the Papuan House of Representatives (DPRP).

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 6, 2025

Jakarta – Protesters from a number of labour union federations affiliated with the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) complained about mass layoffs (PHK) during an audience with the House of Representatives' (DPR) Public Aspirations Agency (BAM) in Jakarta on Thursday Nov

September 2025

News/Indonesia
Kumparan News – September 4, 2025

Protesting workers who are part of the Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) held a protest action at the Horse Statue near the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta on Thursday September 4.

August 2025

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – August 28, 2025

Jakarta – The demonstrations in Jakarta are still ongoing as of Thursday evening August 28 with protesters and police again involved in clashes in the Penjaringan area of Central Jakarta.

July 2025

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – July 29, 2025

Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The Trade Union Coalition-Labour Party (KSP-PB) has rejected the government's claim that the poverty rate in Indonesia has fallen.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas.id – July 13, 2025

Terong (Eggplant): Later after graduating with a degree, a masters, the job opportunities will be wide open for me, ha ha ha!!!

Crowd: Dumb kindergarten kid. You know don't you, we're all masters graduates, but we've been unemployed for several years!!!

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – July 10, 2025

Kiki Safitri, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – National Police Chief (Kapolri) General Listyo Sigit Prabowo has received the highest award from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the world's largest labour organisation headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

June 2025

News/Indonesia
Tribun News – June 1, 2025

Rahmat Fajar Nugraha, Jakarta – Nusantara Trade Union Confederation (KSPN) General Chairperson Ristadi has highlighted the many domestic factories that have closed down or gone bankrupt because the products they produce cannot compete with cheap illegal goods from abroad.