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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Ady TD Achmad, Robert Sidauruk
Several workers union and NGOs have recently reported an Indonesian base multinational tobacco company to the International Labour Organization (ILO), for allegedly violating laws and regulations on labor. Unfortunately, the report did not disclose which company had conducted such allegation.
Arie Ariyanto, Managing Director of Indonesia Participation—one of the participating NGO—said that the tobacco company had outsourced its core activity to produce tobacco.
“Such practice does not comply with prevailing laws and regulation, because outsourcing may only be done for non-core business activities,” Arie said after submitting the report to ILO, Monday (27/5).
The outsourcing practice is conducted by establishing Cigarette Production Partner (MPS) spread out throughout Java Island. The low wage workers are hired through these MPSs to produce kretek cigarettes.
Arie explained that from tens of thousands laborer that works for the company, 75% of them are outsourced labor. Permanent employees are only hired for marketing purposes. What worsens the condition, Arie said, outsourcing practice involves regional public officials supporting the practice.
Similar report, as Arie explained, has been submitted to Minister of Manpower and Transmigration. The Ministry promised that it will investigate the repot. However, up until this day the investigation did not progress.
Arie hoped that ILO could take measurements to stop the outsourcing practice. Not only that, Arie hoped that ILO will pressure the Ministry to seriously enforce the labor laws and regulation.
“We are asking ILO to act by giving insistence to the Government,” Arie asserted.
At the same occasion, Timboel Siregar, Secretary General of All-Indonesia Workers Organization (OPSI), sees that ILO can play a role to support the campaign against outsourcings in Indonesia at International Labor Convention (IC), which will be held next month in Geneva, Swiss.
“The parent company must know the unfair the labor practice carried out by its subsidiary,” Timboel emphasized.
On the other hand, Tauvik Muhammad, Program Director at the ILO Representative Office, responded that ILO does not have authority to campaign the issue during the convention.
Tauvik further suggested that it will be more effective if at the convention, the campaign is delivered by delegates of the workers unions.
“Workers union has rights to raise the issue during the convention”, he concluded.
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Ady TD Achmad, Robert Sidauruk
Several workers union and NGOs have recently reported an Indonesian base multinational tobacco company to the International Labour Organization (ILO), for allegedly violating laws and regulations on labor. Unfortunately, the report did not disclose which company had conducted such allegation.
Arie Ariyanto, Managing Director of Indonesia Participation—one of the participating NGO—said that the tobacco company had outsourced its core activity to produce tobacco.
“Such practice does not comply with prevailing laws and regulation, because outsourcing may only be done for non-core business activities,” Arie said after submitting the report to ILO, Monday (27/5).
The outsourcing practice is conducted by establishing Cigarette Production Partner (MPS) spread out throughout Java Island. The low wage workers are hired through these MPSs to produce kretek cigarettes.
Arie explained that from tens of thousands laborer that works for the company, 75% of them are outsourced labor. Permanent employees are only hired for marketing purposes. What worsens the condition, Arie said, outsourcing practice involves regional public officials supporting the practice.
Similar report, as Arie explained, has been submitted to Minister of Manpower and Transmigration. The Ministry promised that it will investigate the repot. However, up until this day the investigation did not progress.
Arie hoped that ILO could take measurements to stop the outsourcing practice. Not only that, Arie hoped that ILO will pressure the Ministry to seriously enforce the labor laws and regulation.
“We are asking ILO to act by giving insistence to the Government,” Arie asserted.
At the same occasion, Timboel Siregar, Secretary General of All-Indonesia Workers Organization (OPSI), sees that ILO can play a role to support the campaign against outsourcings in Indonesia at International Labor Convention (IC), which will be held next month in Geneva, Swiss.
“The parent company must know the unfair the labor practice carried out by its subsidiary,” Timboel emphasized.
On the other hand, Tauvik Muhammad, Program Director at the ILO Representative Office, responded that ILO does not have authority to campaign the issue during the convention.
Tauvik further suggested that it will be more effective if at the convention, the campaign is delivered by delegates of the workers unions.
“Workers union has rights to raise the issue during the convention”, he concluded.
(hot/ds)