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Indonesia / Malaysia Unbroken Spirit: A migrant worker’s fight for justice and dignity [BWI] 01-10-2024

Indonesia KSPI and Labor Party Demands Minimum Wage Increase of 8 to 10% for 2025 [Tempo] 28-09-2024

Indonesia Workers – go politics! [Inside Indonesia] 09-09-2024

Indonesia VIDEO During Olympics 2024, 'Nike owes us better.' Meet the powerful garment workers behind the swoosh [GLJ] 31-08-2024

Indonesia Journalist’s car vandalised by unknown assailants [IFJ] 20-08-2024

Indonesia Journalist murder allegedly linked to gambling and drug coverage [IFJ] 02-07-2024

Indonesia / Peru Indonesia and Peru among countries that must strengthen and enforce workers’ rights [TUAC] 01-07-2024

Indonesia Another explosion at Indonesian nickel plant injures workers [IndustriALL] 26-06-2024

Indonesia Trade Union Reports Nearly 50,000 Textile Industry Workers Hit By Layoffs This Year [VOI] 24-06-2024

Indonesia ILO and three trade union federations on garment sector launch grievance applications for Indonesian garment workers [ILO] 27-05-2024


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Malaysia Unbroken Spirit: A migrant worker’s fight for justice and dignity 2024-10-01 [BWI]

KSPI and Labor Party Demands Minimum Wage Increase of 8 to 10% for 2025 2024-09-28 [Tempo]

Tobacco Product Restrictions Potentially Cause Mass Layoffs, Indonesian Workers Union Claims 2024-09-12 [Tempo]

Workers – go politics! 2024-09-09 [Inside Indonesia]

CNN Indonesia fires up to 11 journalists days after union formed 2024-09-03 [International Federation of Journalists]

11 journalists attacked in widespread protest 2024-08-31 [IFJ]

11 journalists attacked in widespread protest 2024-08-31 [IFJ]

VIDEO  During Olympics 2024, 'Nike owes us better.' Meet the powerful garment workers behind the swoosh 2024-08-31 [GLJ]

Journalist’s car vandalised by unknown assailants 2024-08-20 [IFJ]

Players in Indonesia educating fans who abused them online 2024-07-13 [FIFPRO]

Journalist murder allegedly linked to gambling and drug coverage 2024-07-02 [IFJ]

Indonesia Eni Lestari: the Making of A Migrant Labor Organizer (Part 2) 2024-07-01 [Asian Labour Review]

Indonesia Eni Lestari: the Making of A Migrant Labor Organizer (Part 1) 2024-07-01 [Asian Labour Review]

Peru Indonesia and Peru among countries that must strengthen and enforce workers’ rights 2024-07-01 [TUAC]

Another explosion at Indonesian nickel plant injures workers 2024-06-26 [IndustriALL]

Trade Union Reports Nearly 50,000 Textile Industry Workers Hit By Layoffs This Year 2024-06-24 [VOI]

ILO and three trade union federations on garment sector launch grievance applications for Indonesian garment workers 2024-05-27 [ILO]

Government of Indonesia suppresses Freedom of Assembly and Expression - Water for Profit? 2024-05-25 [EPSU]

Government of Indonesia suppresses Freedom of Assembly and Expression - Water for Profit? 2024-05-24 [PSI]

New Broadcasting Bill threatens democracy and press freedom 2024-05-23 [IFJ]

New PROTECT project supports women migrant workers and children in Indonesia 2024-05-14 [ILO]

Let Indonesian workers freely join unions, say rights activists 2024-05-12 [FMT]

Going public to fully fund public education in Indonesia 2024-05-08 [EI]

This Is The Hope Of The BUMN Workers Union So That There Will Be No Mass Layoffs 2024-05-03 [VOI]

Workers take to streets on May Day to demand jobs law abolition 2024-05-02 [The Star]

Indonesia: remember the dead, fight for the living 2024-04-29 [IndustriALL]

Discourse On The Threes Articles Of Human Rights Protection At The Ministry Of Law And Human Rights, Workers Unions Ask To Be Involved 2024-04-29 [VOL]

Reports denounce poor conditions of freelancers and prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace 2024-04-05 [IFJ]

Women's committee gets safe houses 2024-04-02 [IndustriALL]

Labor Union Leader Predicts Eid Bonuses to Reach Rp 129 Trillion 2024-03-27 [The Globe]

Fighting for a Just, Democratic and Constitutional Energy Transition 2024-03-09 [PSI]

Taiwan Indonesian labor union delegation advocates for fishery worker rights 2024-03-04 [RTI]

Taiwan Fisher labour rights MOU talks stall 2024-03-03 [The Times]

Initiating regulatory improvement to strengthen workplace health and safety in forestry 2024-03-02 [BWI]

Initiating regulatory improvement to strengthen workplace health and safety in forestry 2024-02-26 [BWI]

Indonesia police to charge 2 Chinese nationals in furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant 2024-02-13 [AP]

Indonesia police to charge 2 Chinese nationals in furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant 2024-02-13 [AP]

Victory for illegally sacked airport workers 2024-02-11 [ITF]

Indonesia 2024 FIFPRO General Assembly to be held in Bali 2024-02-10 [FIFPRO]

How Indonesian union APPI advanced thanks to top players and NDRC 2024-02-10 [FIF]

Indonesia A Just Transition for Indonesian Workers 2024-02-05 [UnionsWA]

Deadly Tragedy of Work Accident Dozens of Workers Died Under Nickel Downstream With National Strategic Project Status (psn) - Jokowi 2024-01-05 [GSBI]

Indonesian unions demand investigation of ITSS furnace explosion 2024-01-03 [IndustriALL]

Labor Party’s Potentials and Contradictions 2024-01-02 [Asian Labour Review]

Workers protest in Indonesia after blast at Chinese-funded nickel plant 2023-12-27 [Al Jazeera]

Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel smelter furnace fire kills 13 workers, injures 46 2023-12-24 [Reuters]

ITE Law revision retains threat to freedom of expression 2023-12-06 [IFJ]

The Labour Party and Class Politics in Indonesia: An Analysis from Within 2023-12-04 [Asian Labour Review]

Sweatshops and Assembly Halls 2023-12-04 [Asian Labour Review]

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