Indonesia project 497-0385 · 1995

Grant to the Asian-American Free Labor Institute (AAFLI) to continue its efforts to promote democratic labor unions in Indonesia. AAFLI will focus on four areas: collective bargaining agreements; emerging unions in East Timor and other politically sensitive areas; trade union education; and social security and occupational safety and health law. AAFLI's activities regarding collective bargaining will address the fact that Indonesia's collective bargaining laws have not been enforced; it is almost impossible for workers to exercise their collective bargaining rights. AAFLI will help factory-level unions throughout Indonesia that seek to negotiate real collective bargaining agreements, including all Indonesia Workers' Union (SPSI) units that were previously organized with AAFLI's and USAID's assistance. Secondly, to address the paucity of trade union activities in East Timor and other politically sensitive areas, AAFLI will offer introductory trade union education workshops for 180 participants each year in East Timor and, possibly, Irian Jaya and Aceh, in order to lay a basis for future union development. Thirdly, AAFLI will provide basic trade union education for factory-level un

Source: DEC abstract, PD-FEH-817 (1995). The source's own text.