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Profit Over People: Working Conditions in Sinar Mas Palm Oil Supply Chain

2018-08-15

Palm oil has long been the subject of criticism from various quarters. Amidst of criticism, the global demand for palm oil is increasing, and palm oil plantations are also increasing in many places, in particular in Indonesia, the largest palm oil producer in the world.

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Offshoring the Risks: Gendered Occupational Hazards in Malaysian and Indonesian Electronics Factories

2021-02-19

While health hazards and poor working conditions inside electronics factories have been well documented, few studies extensively cover these issues in terms of gender relations. This research attempts to establish a causal relationship between exposure to certain chemicals and the implications for reproductive health and investigates the issues that affect women workers more directly.

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2019

2020-01-09

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2019 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Philippines and Global. 

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2019

2019-07-26

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2019 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. 

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2017

2018-06-05

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter December 2017 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Philippines. 

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Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2017

2018-01-09

The Asian Roundtable for Social Protection (AROSP) Network Newsletter June 2017 is out!

Get updates about Social Protection realities from China, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

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Employer of PT. PBCS Factory Must Take Responsibility for the Death of Indonesian Fireworks Workers due to Absence of Safety Standards

2017-10-30

At least 47 workers were killed and many more were severely injured, when a fireworks factory exploded in Tangerang district, Indonesia on Thursday, October 26. Located in one of biggest industrial area in Indonesia, the PT Panca Buana Cahaya Sukses (PBCS) factory is now being suspected by the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower of not having appropriate work safety procedures. The allegation came after it was discovered that the factory gate was always locked and this trapped many workers inside the factory when the accident occurred.

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Labour and human rights violations in Indonesia, the Philippines, and India

2017-05-16

Asia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Partly, the rapid economic growth is due to the rise of Factory Asia as manufacturing as well as the deepening of agricultural and extractive transnational corporations'  (TNCs) operations in the region. Investments by TNCs are welcomed by the Asian governments, which have been adopting neoliberal economic policies more than ever.

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AROSP Newsletter, Issue No. 2, December 2016

2017-01-29

About AROSP

The Asian Roundtable on Social Protection (AROSP) is a network of grassroots workers’ organisations, trade unions, NGOs, and scholars in Asia that work on the issues of formal and informal workers. AROSP serves as a platform to provide mutual help, facilitate information sharing, and help organisations build their understanding on social protection. As a regional network, it aims to support and consolidate the regional struggle for social protection for the poor across various sectors in Asia.

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Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) Statement - Stop oil palm plantations! Fight for land, fight for life!

2016-03-30

Day of the Landless

Stop oil palm plantations! Fight for land, fight for life!

Statement

March 30, 2016

As we mark the Day of the Landless on March 29, the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) is launching the “Stop Oil Palm Plantations!” campaign. This, amidst the massive and aggressive expansion of the palm oil industry that further threatens the life and livelihood of countless farmers, farm workers, indigenous peoples, and other oppressed and exploited rural sectors in the region.

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Support the campaign of 1,300 workers against Mizuno and Adidas

2016-03-11

In Indonesia, 1,300 mostly women workers were unfairly dismissed from their factory PT Panarub in 2012 after they went on strike to demand payment of wage arrears and the right to organise.

To date they have not received their severance pay and wage arrears from the Panarub group, and buyers Adidas and Mizuno refuse to admit responsibility and provide support to the workers. The workers' union SBGTS-GSBI continues to demand justice for the workers, and are currently running a campaign against Adidas and Mizuno.

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Workers’ Struggle amid Capital Mobility (A Short Training Module for Workers)

2015-12-22

This education module on capital mobility explains the capitalist crisis, and assesses the impact of capital mobility on workers and trade unions. The module also provides stories of workers in the global supply chains and their struggles.

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General Strike, Indonesia, 2015

2015-12-10

Workers of Indonesia conducted a General Strike to protest new regulations excluding workers in the bargaining table. Workers and activists across the globe showed their solidarity with the struggle.

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An Arrest during Protest Rally against Wage Regulation in Indonesia: A Chronology (October 30, 2015)

2015-11-03
By Dian Septi T
November 1, 2015
 
Photo: Jumisih (veiled middle), Lanang (left of Jumisih), Sahrul Godam (right of Jumisih), Ocul or Hasim (right of Sahrul) / source: FB
 
Friday, October 30, 2015 
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Understanding Capital Mobility and Global Production Networks (A Meeting Report)

2015-08-17

This meeting report discussed the prospect of labour organising in Asia.

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Workers Organising in the Electronic Industry: Experiences from Indonesia and Malaysia

2015-08-15
Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) conducted last August 13-14, 2015 a workshop entitled "Workers Organising in the Electronic Industry: Experiences from Indonesia and Malaysia" in Batam, Indonesia.
 
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Indonesian groups condemn adverse impacts of oil palm plantations, urge workers to organise

2015-08-11

Different groups condemn the adverse social and environmental impacts of oil palm plantations in Indonesia on workers, peasants, indigenous peoples, and the environment during a workshop jointly organised by Asia Monitor Resource Centre, WALHI Kalteng, and Sawit Watch in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan on 8-9 August 2015.

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Rights-Based Financing for Rights-Based Social Protection in Southeast Asia

2015-05-29

Issue No : 87 May 2015

By Joy Hernandez

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Labour Scholars and Activists Exchange

‘The Bottom Up’ International Labour Solidarity: Victims’ Organizing in the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims

2015-03-22

Issue No : 86 March 2015

By Sanjiv Pandita

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