Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

Indonesian labour activists are mourning the passing of a great man Michele Ford and Fahmi Panimbang        Fauzi Abdul...

Unionists express their disgust at local government’s failure to look after the interests of workers Iskarmon Basir    FSP-L...

Inspired by television and Muchtar Pakpahan, a traditional fisherman decides it’s time to act. Michele Ford ...

From workers’ rights to democracy Michele Ford and Bob Muntz Since 1998 organised labour has embraced a new era of frenetic organising, amid...

Indonesia’s labour movement needs to consolidate the gains of 1998 Michele Ford President Suharto’s resignation in May 1998, and the refo...

Just a public relations exercise that undermines workers’ rights Jeff Ballinger A new phenomenon has swept the world of international business...

Why is organised labour missing from the democracy movement? Olle Törnquist When business abandoned Suharto in 1997-98, and students and se...

Greater freedom to organise also means more opportunity for division Endang Rokhani The collapse of the Suharto regime in 1998 led to the cre...

Fauzi Abdullah reflects on more than a quarter of a century of organising Michele Ford Fauzi Abdullah, now 56, is one of the most respected lab...

It’s been a long struggle trying to get unions to listen to women Ari Sunarijati There’s a view in Indonesia that unions are a man’s worl...

A farmer’s daughter takes control and makes a difference Dina Nuriyati I’m the third of six kids from Malang in East Java. My father is a ...

The elections show that Indonesian workers are not yet a major political presence Michele Ford Although unions have gained ground industrially i...

No big gains for women workers Sarah Gardner Some of the most prominent figures in Indonesia's labour movement have been women. Dita Sari, who w...

The Military Fleeces and Polices Port Workers Razif In the northern-most reaches of Jakarta, on the edge of the Java Sea, lies the port of Tanju...