Nike Factory Sacks Nearly 5,000 Workers in Indonesia

... , the office's head of labor dispute settlement, told reporters. "They ... attended by the company's labor union reps," Hendra said. Victory ... month, another shoe factory was forced to close in Tangerang. It ... , 8.01 percent of the labor force in the province south ...

Indonesia Calls on UN to Protect Rights of Fishermen

... often violated, many of them forced to live in inhumane, slavery ... had reportedly been subjected to forced labor on board Thai-flagged fishing ...

Indonesia Condemns Chinese Company’s 'Inhumane Treatment' Against Its Fishermen

... , who are mostly teenagers, were forced to restlessly work for 30 ...

Indonesia Demands Investigation Into Sea Burials of Indonesian Crew on Chinese Fishing Vessel

... done according to International Labor Organization regulations. The Chinese ... The Indonesians were often forced to work 18 hours ... "slavery." "We were forced to work standing up for ... happening is] human trafficking and forced labor," Jong Chul Kim, the ...

Airlangga Assures Job Creation Bill Offers More Benefits to Workers

... attempted to ease anxiety among labor unions worrying about a ... "We have met with all labor union leaders and they agreed ... Meutya Hafid. Airlangga claimed that labor union leaders were involved in ... in 1998, the government was forced to seek help from the ...

Police Arrest 2 Suspects Who Tricked Young Indonesians Into Forced Labor in Taiwan

... for luring unwitting jobseekers into forced labor in Taiwan under false pretenses ... in Taiwan, the victims were forced to work six days a ... moratorium. The suspects ran a labor export agency that had been ...

Three Days of Mourning Declared for Indonesia's 'Father of Technology'

... military strongman Suharto, who was forced to step down in 1998 ... political prisoners, ratifying an International Labor Organization convention that allowed for ...

Indonesia Urges Japan, South Korea to Prioritize Shared Interests to Ease Tensions

... issue of compensation for Korean forced labor during the Japanese occupation of ...

Voting Abstention Group Demands Political Reform

... the Congress Alliance of Indonesian Labor Unions (Kasbi), said in her ... expropriation, in the form of forced evictions by the government and ...

Singapore Urged to Fix Rules on Hiring Domestic Workers to Stop Forced Labor

... put a stop to forced labor in the wealthy city ... "highly susceptible" to forced labor due to a lack ... are not vulnerable to forced labor but right now, they ... kilogram. The International Labor Organization considers people who ... papers – as forced labor. Reuters