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,...
October 29, 2025 TO: Joseph D’Cruz, Chief Executive Officer, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil CC: Pravin Rajandran, Head of Grievance, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Dear Mr. D’Cruz: This June, the RSPO announced that it was closing post-complaint monitoring of...
The Negros Island contingent of the International Learning and Solidarity Mission (ILSM) has urged the government to revoke the Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) granted to Hacienda Asia Plantations Inc. (HAPI) after documenting and confirming cases of...
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...
Once again, the Indonesian state has revealed its loyalty to capital owners rather than its people. This time, a wave of protests by workers, students, and civil society was met with excessive violence, leaving casualties behind. An online motorcycle taxi driver was...
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...
