1. COUNTRY REPORT INDONESIA
Martua Raja Siregar
KSBSI - INDONESIA

3. Country Information
Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia which has 13,487 islands , about 6,000 of which are uninhabited, which spreads around the equator, which gives tropical weather.
The position of Indonesia located at coordinates 6 ° NL - 11 ° SL and 95 ° 08‘SL ' EL ° 45‘EL and is located between two continents, Asia and Australia / Oceania .
total population
$ total GDP per capita
121 million workforce 2014 (source National Statistic Body)

4. Trade Union Information
6 Conferation
92 Federation
Company level trade union
Union members (2% of total workforce)

5. Major Challenges of Trade Union
Freedom of Assosiation
Competition between trade union
Lack of bargaining power
Lack of unionization of workers

6. Trade Agreement
Indonesia – Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJ-EPA)
ASEAN – China Free Trade Agreement
ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (ASEAN – FTA)
ASEAN – Korea Free Trade Agreement
ASEAN – India Free Trade Agreement
ASEAN – Australia – New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

7. Impact of FTA toward Production & Labour
Productivity issues
Technology transfer
Change of sectoral production
Need more high skill workers
Increasing of foreign workers in the industry

8. Major Problem face by Warkers & TU in contex of trade, economic integration and Growth
Creation of EPZ/SEZ with specific regulation that prohibit/limit trade union activity in the EPZ/SEZ area
Competition between Local and foreign workers
Increasing precarious workers by changes the employment relationship system
Less membership of trade union because precarious workers scare to join trade union
Lack of trade union bargaining on CBA’s Negosiation and Social Dialogue
Pro-Bussiness policy reduce workers and trade union right

9. Top Priority for future agenda
Ensure the involvement of trade union on the process of Trade agreement negosiation.
Promoting and implement workers right on every trade agreement
Capacity building for workers and trade union toward the impact of trade agreement

10. Thank You for your attention