FBTPI union members investigate the palm oil supply chainJakarta, November 24, 2019 – Federasi Buruh Transportasi Pelabuhan Indonesia (FBTPI - Federation of Transportation and Dock Workers Union) held a discussion to investigate and map the palm oil supply chain...
Palm Oil Plantation Nursery AreaPresidential Instruction number 6 of 2019 on the management of a sustainable palm oil industry for 2019-2024, recently signed by President Joko Widodo, has failed to address the root problems in the industry, including the problems...
Seminar on Forest and Land Fire in Indonesia, in University of Indonesia (11/26)Jakarta, November 26, 2019 – Serikat Perempuan Indonesia (Indonesian Women’s Union) held a seminar on Forest Fire and Climate Justice. The discussion was facilitated by Aliansi Gerakan...
Fires from land and forest fires across Indonesia in 2019 have pumped at least 708 million tones of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — almost double the emissions from the fires that swept through the Brazilian Amazon this year.The fires were one of the most...
The stateless people in #Sabah, #Malaysia are denied access to schools, jobs, and healthcare, and their village is facing demolition. They have found advocates in the youth movement #BorneoKomrad.⠀ Video: https://buff.ly/2XQxq7E⠀ ⠀ #palmoillaboursolidarity⠀ ⠀...
*SIGN THE PETITION TO SUPPORT REFUGEES RIGHT TO WORK IN MALAYSIA* https://ift.tt/2QVRVyC In mid-December, the Malaysian Government will come to a decision on establishing work rights for refugees in Malaysia.Should the final decision be unfavourable and in neglect of...
In a report entitled A Toxic Mix of Abuses on Congo's Oil Palm Plantations, HRW said it had interviewed more than 40 workers and two-thirds of them "told us that they had become impotent since they started the job".⠀ ⠀Impotence - along with shortness of breath,...
These are five global producers of palm oil in 2019 (in 1000 MT): ⠀1. Indonesia (43,000);2. Malaysia (21,200);3. Thailand (3,000);4. (Colombia 1,680);5. Nigeria (1,015). ⠀ ⠀Other countries (in ranking): Guatemala, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Honduras, Brazil, Côte...
Press statement - June 8, 2021 – UMA The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) today called on the Philippine government to protest Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin’s announcement of a total crackdown on undocumented workers in Malaysia. The...
The planned crackdown on undocumented migrant workers is a state-endorsed violence aimed at the most vulnerable group of people in the country. Rounding them up has never been a good strategy and more so at the time of a pandemic. It raises concerns of possible new...
Calling for endorsement of the petition to the YAB Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The press statements by YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah Zainudin, Minister of Home Affairs on 29 May 2021 and 3 June 2021 have created the perception among many that the government has...
To our fellow workers of Haribo in Wilkau-Hasslau, Germany Nothing hurts a worker more than losing a job. This is especially the case when workers have contributed for decades of working. Just one month before last year's Christmas celebration, 150 Haribo factory...
Press Statement by Labour Law Reform Coalition on 30 April 2021 in Shah Alam In conjunction with Labour Day 2021, Labour Law Reform Coalition (LLRC) calls on the government to explain whether it has suspended the labour law reform exercise indefinitely. Since the...
