Plantation workers went on strike demanding rights at the workplaceOn last Tuesday, (21/07), workers members of FPBM-KASBI union in the palm oil plantation owned by PT. Nusa Indah Kalimantan Plantations (PT. NIKP) went on strike. The company, which its plantation...
An alliance of trade unions and other social movements, Labor with the People Movement (Gebrak) held a rally last Thursday, July 16th to urge the lawmakers to cancel the Omnibus Law draft bill currently under deliberation. The lawmakers are deemed to pass on the...
Meski di tengah pandemi COVID-19, Gerakan Buruh bersama Rakyat (GEBRAK) menggelar aksi unjuk rasa serentak mendesak Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat mencabut omnibus law Rancangan Undang-undang Cipta Kerja pada kamis 16 Juli 2020. Gabungan berbagai organisasi gerakan...
Photo: A pile of palm oil fruit bunches. Source: TPOLSThe Coalition of Oil Palm Workers (KBS) is calling on the government to come out with a regulation that specifically governs the rights and obligations of workers in the palm oil sector, saying that existing laws...
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,...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
