Exploitative working conditions in the oil palm plantations’ industry in Indonesia are persistent and the main victims are mostly women. Although this situation is often overlooked, the production process of the world’s largest producer of palm oil is strongly...
Photo: Palm Oil Harvest Workers. Source: Sawit WatchPalm oil watchdog Sawit Watch is airing concerns that a plan by the Ministry of Manpower to revise the Law on Manpower could lead to the legitimation of unfair manpower practices.“The revision of the Law on Manpower...
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...
Foto: tumpukan tandan buah kelapa sawit. Sumber: TPOLSKoalisi Buruh Sawit (KBS) menuntut pemerintah untuk mengeluarkan undang-undang yang mengatur hak dan kewajiban pekerja di sektor kelapa sawit. Menurut KBS, regulasi yang ada saat ini tidak melindungi buruh di...
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...
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...
A battle for the future of our lands, food, and rights is underway. In July 26-28, the secretariat of the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) will convene for a Pre-Summit in Rome, Italy. They are set to unveil the so-called “game-changing” solutions that...
People's Committee for the Transformation of the Food System Press release In solidarity! On 26-28 July 2021, the United Nations will hold Pre-Summit event as a part of United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) in Rome, Italy, which will be followed by Global Dialogue...
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...
