SAVE INDONESIA, IMPROVE THE PEOPLE'S LIVES! Today, the Indonesian people are facing a battered economic fate. The failure of fiscal policy is the most determining factor in the current situation. Nevertheless, US neoliberalism is the root cause of the fiscal...
Sharing Session between Labour and Environmental Movements toward Transforming the Palm Oil Industry
The area of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, based on the data from the Ministry of Agriculture, increased from 14,9 million hectares in 2022 to 16,38 million hectares in 2023. Meanwhile, according to Sawit Watch, based on the given licenses the area of oil palm...
Creeping in Silence: Summer Postcard with Love
It has been six months since we distributed the postcard at the International Just Transition Conference in November 2023, now this postcard is ready to be delivered to you through this website. These postcards will bring you to TPOLS research findings on safety and...
People’s movements to counter UN summit; call to reclaim food systems from corporate control
Press Release, Global People's Summit on Food System June 5, 2021 On the occasion of World Environment Day, June 5, people’s movements and civil society organizations around the globe today launched the Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems, a counter-summit to...
Workers demand swift implementation of labour law reforms, new minimum wage and minimum housing standards
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...
Labour Rights Violation in the Global Supply Chain of the Palm Oil Industry
Joint Press Conference: Transnational Palm Oil Labour Solidarity Network The Transnational Palm Oil Labour Solidarity (TPOLS) received reports of alleged violations of basic labour rights in palm oil plantations. Based on reports from the union members, we found there...
The launching of Fact Finding Mission Report: The condition of deported Indonesian migrants during Covid-19
DEPORTEES: “WE ARE TREATED LIKE ANIMALS” The launching of Fact Finding Mission Report: “The condition of deported Indonesian migrants during the period of Covid-19 from Sabah, Malaysia to Indonesia (December 2019-September 2020)” Koalisi Buruh Migran...
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Sambas Declaration for Just Transition in the Palm Oil Industry
Introduction On 28-29th November 2023, an international conference on “Just Transition in the Palm Oil Industry” was held in Sambas, West Kalimantan in Indonesia. The conference was attended by 140 participants, mainly from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia,...
Report on the Public Discussion: Military-Based Violence and Land Grabbing in Negros Occidental, The Philippines
Saturday, June 6, 2026 — The increasingly widespread military-based violence and land grabbing in the Southeast Asian region have sparked deep concern among various civil society groups. In response to this crisis, an online public discussion titled “Military-Based...
Press Release of the PERISAI (People’s Union Against Imperialism) Alliance
SAVE INDONESIA, IMPROVE THE PEOPLE'S LIVES! Today, the Indonesian people are facing a battered economic fate. The failure of fiscal policy is the most determining factor in the current situation. Nevertheless, US neoliberalism is the root cause of the fiscal...
TPOLS News-Recap: March-April 2026
Data Collection Method: “TPOLS News-Recap” is intended as a medium for circulating news summaries arising from various TPOLS social platforms and collaborative activities within the TPOLS Network, in two languages (Indonesian and English). Given the...
MAY DAY 2026: Collective Statement of TPOLS Network
MAY DAY 2026: Collective Statement of Transnational Palm Oil Labour Solidarity (TPOLS) Network THE NATIONAL BUDGET IS NOT FOR MILITARY EXPANSION, WAR FUNDING, OR AGRARIAN MONOPOLY Since 2025, the TPOLS Network has strongly criticized the Indonesian government's...
Norwegian Pension Fund Dumps Bolloré for Human Rights Violations at Plantations
Collective Press Release | 5 March 2026 The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate, due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plantation company partly owned...





