PALMOILMAGAZINE, MEDAN – Herwin Nasution, Central Chairman of the Federasi Serikat Buruh Perkebunan Indonesia (F. SERBUNDO), stressed the importance of providing legal protection for palm oil plantation workers, many of whom lack basic rights such as health and employment insurance.
Nasution made this statement while delivering the academic transcript and a draft of the regional government regulation on palm oil plantation workers’ protection, with a focus on gender sensitivity, at the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) Fraction hall on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
“Many labors did not get their rights, such as, health and employment insurance, unclear work status, decent income, work health and safety, including freelances, ghost labors, outsourcing, and rights to get union,” he said, as Palmoilmagazine.com quoted from KBRN RRI, Sunday (18/8/2024).
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He also said that the labors did much burden with the target system based on time, width or the combination of the two. If the targets are not realized, they would get sanction from the managements of a company.
The commitment of F. SERBUNDO to fight for the labors’ rights was positively welcome by Hendro Susanto, the members of North Sumatera Legislators from PKS fraction. He supported the efforts and would study the draft in his fraction.
“We hope that the draft would be one topic to discuss for the North Sumatera Legislators in 2024 – 2029 and would be categorized in the regional legislation program and following every process and phase needed to encourage it,” he said.
This should deliver real changes for palm oil plantation labors/workers to deliver better legal protection and confirm their rights fulfilled. (P2)
