Labour & Migrant Workers

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June 2009

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – June 17, 2009

Politician: Foreign exchange? Yes!

Man: But what they need is protection and legal certainty...

News/Indonesia
Viva.com – June 7, 2009

Up until now, Dita Indah Sari has been known as a labour activist, while Vice President Jusuf Kalla is known as a business person.

News/Indonesia
Tempo Interactive – June 7, 2009

Kurniasih Budi, Jakarta – A group of workers who have declared themselves as a voluntary team to support Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto believe that Kalla’s performance has been better than the other presidential candidates.

May 2009

News/Indonesia
Detik.com – May 21, 2009

Rachmadin Ismail, Jakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held an protest action on May 21 opposing the candidates running for the July 8 presidential elections because none of the candidates are pro-people.

News/Indonesia
Kompas – May 1, 2009

Jakarta – After holding a demonstration to commemorate International Labour Day at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout and the State Palace in Central Jakarta, protesters from the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI) and several other trade unions continued the action at the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Senayan.

News/Indonesia
Detik.com – May 1, 2009

Hery Winarno, Jakarta – A worker fell and was trampled during a protest action commemorating Labour Day on Friday May 1. The trigger for the incident was when demonstrators from the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) attempted to break through a police blockade in order to approach the State Palace in Central Jakarta.

News/Aceh
Tempo Interactive – May 1, 2009

Adi Warsidi, Banda Aceh – Journalists in the Aceh provincial capital of Banda Aceh also took to the streets to commemorate International Labour Day on Friday May 1.

News/Indonesia
Detik.com – May 1, 2009

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Labour Day, May 1, was commemorated in a number of cities and in various ways. In the Central Java city of Solo, scores of workers from the Solidarity Trade Union Federation (FSBSK) held a ‘squatting’ action to symbolise the oppression of workers, including domestic workers.

News/Indonesia
Tempo Interactive – May 1, 2009

Muh Syaifullah, Yogyakarta – Workers and employees in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta used May Day to demand an eight-hour working day saying that workers in shopping centres are forced to work much longer than this.

News/Indonesia
Tempo Interactive – May 1, 2009

Nurochman Arrazie, Bandar Lampung – Hundreds of workers and students from the Volunteers of the People’s Struggle for the Liberation of the Motherland or Spartan commemorated Labour Day in a protest at the Lampung regional General Election Commission (KPU) offices.