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,...
What's the difference between a headache caused by an ailments or symptoms of poisoning? What if this illness is not just bad luck, but part of the dangerous working conditions in oil palm plantations? What should we do if these dangerous working conditions are indeed...
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...
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...
Since the colonial era, health has been an integral part of labor control, as seen on palm oil plantations. Today, these agri-capitalist factories, operating in multinational contexts, continue to benefit from this mechanism of control, degrading workers’ bodies...
In September last year, I attended a group discussion with workers organised by a branch of SERBUK (People’s Labour Union) at a palm oil plantation company in the Sambas Regency of West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It was the first gathering of union members...
