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Workers united, we'll never be defeated

... And today, thousands of workers

will have a rally ...

now, tens of thousand of workers

are crippling the industrial zone.

They are gathering at this place

at the crossroads of LIPPO Cikarang Metro

In Cikarang, West Java

Workers crippled the Cikarang industrial area

demanding the repeal of the outsourcing laws

Lift up the left side...!!!

Viva workers

Bekasi is the key. If it's on the move,

the other regions, will move.

Viva workers

In 1980s

Indonesia was toiling to build its industry

to compete with other Asian country

Who had gained wealth

from manufacturing industries

The problem is

that it requires very vast areas

and because Jakarta's suburbs

had already been crownded by existing plants

The new zones are set up in the east of Jakarta

Since then, Bekasi, located 40 kilometers to the east of Jakarta

slowly grows as an industrial town.

BEKASI WORKERS FIGHT BACK

This tollway has been operated since 1988,

Connecting the industrial city of Bekasi

and other zones

Like in Cikampek,Karawang, the seaport

and the International airport.

Previously,

Bekasi was a huge residential region

with huge areas of paddies.

These cannals,

were built to irrigate the paddies.

Thirty years later,

it is the industry that yields the benefits

Industrial lots,

roads,

bridges

and water and electricity supplies

are promoted by the government

to attract investments.

And, what Bekasi has produce so far?

Electronic goods,

cars,

motorbikes,

up to cosmetics;

Processed foods,

dolls,

everything is made in Bekasi.

And don't forget!

these goods

are made by the sweats of thousands of workers.

Within these 30 years,

Bekasi transforms rapidly,

Paddies are disappearing,

replaced by rows of plants.

Kampongs producing red bricks,

Change into industrial zone

Industrial zones

with guaranteed supplies of liquid gas,

Electricity

and security.

With investment flow from Japan,

Korea, Germany

and China

Now in Bekasi there are 7 big industrial zones.

No less than 1 million workers work here.

Bekasi is now the most dense industrial city in Indonesia

and South-East Asia

Producing 40% of non-oil-&-gas export.

Plants

are located in these zones.

But,

where do the workers reside?

They live in slumps around the factories

Hidden just behind the plant buildings.

This is known as the one thousand door alley.

it's so named

as along the alley

We will find rows of lodgings.

These rooms are rented,

for 350 to 400 hundred rupiah a month,

Or as much as a quarter of the workers' wage.

Provided they are paid with the minimum wages.

I started to work with the minimum wage of IDR 1,375 thousands

And I was not satisfied with it,

after the movement, the minimum wage rises to IDR 1,7 (milion)

IDR 1,5 milion , eh?

IDR 1,7 (milion)

Okay, 1,5 to 1,7 (milion)
During the struggle, we want it to rise

and I started to think

"Wow, if the minimum rises, my wage rises, too."

But in reality, all of the prices raised as well.

...ha...ha...ha....

Food price rose

room rent raised

Public transport rose.

We've got nothing.

Um... after the payday, we spend it all for the debts.

and we take loan again.

Like, robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Yes, one month salary is for paying debts,

And the following month we live on debts again

Just like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It's a two-five circle: we got paid on the second, and spend it on the fifth.

That wage is not sufficient even for a single person,

it takes IDR 300,000 a month for gasoline,
115
in average!

For meals, it's about IDR 800,000, minimum

just for simple meals

That's for a single person

Imagine if it's for a family...

for other members of family

For children schooling

It's not sufficient.

For me it's not sufficient.

And I'm the breadwinner...

Well... I've got to be frugal

Frugal in spendings

Very economical in food

instead of three times a day,
we've got to make once or twice...

Tempe or tofu. Egg is the most luxurious.

Mostly noodle

Yes, mostly noodle

We get sick easily

Healthcare issue. And social security.

No social security

No menstruation

and pregnancy leaves,

and extra payment for overtime work!

If there's a work accident,

Instead of getting a compensation,

we would got warning letter

Yes, we'd get warned.

The contract length, they said, is 3 months.

And after a year...

if we do good, we'd get promoted...

a permanent worker

but that's not true

"Sir, I've finished my contract. What's next?"

"Well, you keep on working. That's what matters."

No new contract. Nothing.

The employment status is unclear.

No contract since the beginning.

We build a union with our leaders

"You here want to make a movement?

"You'd get fired this very day!"
Why don't those HRD people want any union at the company?

and shortly after

The leaders were fired.

Being dismissed, we got no warnings. Nothing.

we got no warnings. Nothing.

If they already dislike us
They would just say, "get out!" and we're out.

There's no clear reason of my dismissal.

It's maybe because I'm a unionist.

I had been fired.

For years

the wheels of industry are moved

By the cheap labors

Who live without sufficient social security

and no certainty,

working as outsourced workers.

U-ni-ty

U-ni-ty....

Wor-kers al-li-ance

Wor-kers al-li-ance

U-ni-ty...

Ca...pi...ta....lism

Destroy it. People are prosperous.

The big family if SPSI of Bekasi municipal

All gather here

When they start to build a union

and demand their rights

they could be fired anytime.

Where are the people's mandates?

Please, carry them out.

The Regent promised months ago

to settle down all of labors' problems

but up to now

there is no sign

that the government make any improvement .

Because complaining to the government is never availing

workers voice their grievances

on the street.!

#Song and music:

C'mon, fight for your life

Move forward, workers

Move your feet that none can disband

Keep on fighting, hand in hand

C'mon, fight. Viva workers.

C'mon move. Advance, workers.

Move your feet that none can disband

Keep on fighting, hand in hand

Today and days after

We'd got to move to the destination

where justice upholds the truth

end oppression, seize victory.

c'mon, fight. Viva workers

c'mon move. Advance workers.

hold your feet, stand your ground.

Keep on fighting to the victory

c'mon, fight. Viva workers

c'mon, move. Advance workers

stomp your feet, together.

Keep on fighting,

We're done of being fooled,

we're done of being oppressed,

this is our way

The wrokers' way

We don't have money

we only have the power

of organized workers

Viva workers!

Viva!

Viva workers!

Workers united, we'll never be defeated.

Workers in power

We'll never be defeated

All Indonesian workers,
especially those in Bekasi

Workers united. We'll never be defeated!

Workers united. We'll never be defeated!

Workers united. We'll never be defeated!

Throughout 2011 and 2012

investors and industrialist could not sleep well
Because of the frequent workers' protests.

FKI is still consistent

FKI is still concerned with the people

In Indonesia,

there has to be universal healthcare for the people,

must be implemented, camrades!

FKI always fights.

#news reporter#

Masses have gathered here...
... and many more are coming to voice their demands...

they demand that the government reject the plan

to increase fuel prices which has been planned
The Workers' action is taking place in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta

Mass media are filled with the news of workers' actions

Some thousands of workers just came from...

The tollgates are closed by the police...,

their action to enter the airport is forbidden by...

Workers actions take in the form of

rallies

demonstrations

And strikes at the factories

In the industrial zones

Or at the government offices

Not only that,

The workers' unions based in Bekasi

are always ready to contribute large masses

to the various rallies
in Jakarta.

Lets unite, people win

Speak up! Let's unite!

The people will win!

Stand up. Stand up.

viva workers

viva

When the government planned

to reduce the fuel subsidies

Bekasi workers rallied and had demonstration at the parleamant.

Viva Indonesian people

Fuel price rises

Workers fight. National strike.

Fuel price rises.

Workers fight. National strike.

We once again

demand the legislative

not betray their

own conscience.

you're paid with

our sweats,
with the 400 trilion rupiah of tax of our sweats

we, the workers of Indonesia

[azan]

To fight against the outsourcing

Bekasi workers do

what they call as the factory raid

Let's come in... come in...

wait... wait... wait...

Get out, get out, get out

Come down, down, down...

We sent a letter to the government

and to the local business people

that there are legal

but there's no response

and workers at the plants

Have negotiations with

no satisfactory results.

At last we have to do the factory raid.

thank Lord

The raid is effective.

Now, there are more than 30,000 outsources workers

free now, we might say.

they were not free, but they are now.

They are permanent workers now.

One action that gets the most attention

Is the blockade of Jakarta-Cikampek toll way

The blockade is

to respond to the lawsuit filed by the employers association

to challenge the Bekasi minimum wages.

We gained victory from this action.

The association finally withdrew the lawsuit.

The minimum wages rise 21% or It is now IDR 1,491,000

Viva workers

Why blocking the toll way?

This is our resistance,

But this is not what we want,

This is the result of

not listening to us all these times.

The employers and the government do not want to listen to us.

After that,

We must insist on blocking the road,

We have done that several times.

We did it on 11 of January in 2012

On January 19, we closed down the road,

and the peak
was on January 27.
why?

The company lied to us about wages.

They should have responded

They sued us in court

and they won.

That's why we closed the road

Our strength is one

Solidarity without limit

Solidarity without limit

Whatever your federation is,

whatever your flag is,

if you are a worker and you are in Bekasi

Let's struggle together for the dignity of workers in Bekasi

When Bekasi marches,

other areas,

even Jakarta and all of Indonesia

will march The movement is because Apindo
is playing us for fools

Apindo (Employers Association)

Resist

Apindo,

Resist

One command. Disband Apindo!

Apindo

Disband!

Apindo

Disband!

Apindo

Disband!

Viva workers

Viva workers

Fuck, Apindo Fuck!

Bekasi is the key,

and today

Bekasi marches,

Other areas will also march

as the focal point of the struggle.

Those islands include Medan,

Papua,

Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and the capital, Jakarta.

To raise the spirit

Viva workers

...Viva workers..

May Day 2012

The workers' demands are clear.

... Comrades

today is May Day,

if last year

we mobilised 50,000 people,

today we mobilise 100,000.

What do we demand?

Health insurance for all Indonesians

We will reject low wages,

erase outsourcing practices,

We will demand the implementation of mandatory pension for all workers in Indonesia.

On July 1, 2015

They are deaf

We shout louder

Comrades, a moment ago at 11 o'clock

they stated

that they would not eliminate outsouring...

Comrades, what do we do?

...Fight, fight...

Fight, comrade. Fight, fight!

... Fight, fight!...

Stop the production, stop the machines!!

3 October 2012

All the large national unions

showed their power

by carrying out a national strike.

We will prove that we all workers in Indonesia

all workers in Bekasi,

have dignity,

have power,

viva workers! viva workers!

...Anti Korea...

Boycott samsung...

...Boycott samsung...

Boycott samsung...

...Boycott samsung...

Viva workers!

Viva!!!

December 2012

Bekasi Workers took to the streets again,

when the Korean electronics giant, Samsung

restricted union organizing and kicked workers out of their factory

We remind them all

That when they want to invest in Indonesia

they must abide by the Indonesian laws

No outsourcing practices

No contracts which are in violation of the laws

no low wages

and do not pay the public to go head to head with workers

there are several possibilities

That we know of

i believe that with literature saying workers

are disorganised

or without purposes

if that is true

then we'll need

10 to 12 years

for workers to organise themselves

another explain

i believe that

there is a current theme

which can unite

various workers groups

who are believe to be disorganised,

and that is outsourced or contract workers

this make all parties uncomportable

everyone worries

that their time will come soon

and this issue manages to overcome the problem

the organisation faces.

yet another explanation,

is there are many policies made because of public demand

in other words, its more important to be popular

And we never appear on newspapers

On TV

we'll not be listened to,

this is what happens

this becomes

the motor or the trigger for the rise of street politics

Bekasi workers

will surely use May Day

or international workers Day

to restate their demand

May Day

has been discussed

or was prepared for a month ago

due the importance

of the international workers day momentum

even way before the day

many preparations have been carried out to the max

and in the aspect of workers funding

that also been prepared for

they collected

set aside funds from their wages

so that they could

prepare

for their needs

for buses, etc

as well as other needs

for example

t-shirt

cloth for banners, jacket,

and various other things

Yesterday, we...

carried out a pre-May Day on the (April) 29

it was attended by 2.000 to 3,000 workers

informing the regional police and Jakarta Police

the we will go to Jakarta from Bekasi

May Day

will be commemorated in Bekas

we demand

First, May Day must become a public holiday

in the city and district of Bekasi.

and also demand that the government

the district head, the regional parliament

and the office of manpower

enforce, the labour laws

and the supporting regulations in full

and third,

that social insurance is provide to the people before 2014

and finaly, mafia-style harassments against workers that are recenty rampant

in bekasi

must be stopped.

Let people know

that there are still violations in this matter

then,

why keep coming to tha palace?

the question is,

its because the palace is the symbol of the state,

symbol of the gorvernment

that is why we head to the palace

to voice our opinion there in palace

The symbol of the current government

The vast sea of humanity indicates

that indonesian workers are smart.
togetherness will bring fort strength

our demands are social insurance,

and pension,

eliminate outsourcing system,

no to low wages, no to the draft of nasional security act, no to the draft of mass organisation act

and most importantly, no to feul prices and electricity prices hikes

international labour momentum has becomes important,

besides the basic rights demands

and economic problems in each sector,

workers face the issues of low wages,

outsourcing and contract system,

expensive education,

then today on,

May Day 2013

workers recieve a 'present'

in the form of a fuel price hike

that is why workers

need to understand

their political struggle

aside from their economic one

#singing"C'mon, fight viva workers"

long live....

viva workers!

viva workers!

Workers united we'll never defeated

The central leadership of FKI, and branch leadership and the leadership of the plant level union

there are 20 of us

Workers united we'll never defeated

Workers united we'll never defeated

I wiil submit

your aspirations.

In 2014, we'll build a place

for tripartite forum

with the function of,

among others, of being the place to handle

dispute in industrial relations.

Matter submitted will,

God willing, be followed up.

When?....

Comrades, today we were recieved by deputy district head Mr. Haji Romin,

The first is our demand,

3 companies: PT KTH, PT Hanyoung dan Bermindo

to meetings this month.

If, there's no comprehensice solution within month

we will be back on the street,,

the second,

the labour court,

the official of the labor ministry has stated

in 2014, a tripartite building

will be built for the industrial relation court

regarding the national holiday,

in 2014, May 1 will be a national holiday.

regarding the repair of roads, bus shelters, etc,

starting this month those repairs that we demanded will be started

basically, our demands have been agreed to.

but if there are no comprehensive changes,

we'll take to the street again.

get ready, comrade?!

ready!

get ready, comrade?!

ready!

we'll push our demand

if action is taken outside the manpower law. right?
Never back down from this struggle..

Since 09:20 this morning

the demonstration has moved to Jl. Ahmad Yani in the city of Bekasi,

and they will head to Jakarta or head to the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia

to the Parliament Building, and to the Presidential Palace

Workers unite!

We'll never be defeated...

Workers unite!
We'll never be defeated ...

...Viva workers!....

Forget the elites of the political parties...

Because, When the general comes to power

Workers will not be as free ..

as today, comrades!

Will you choose a military general?

No!

Do you want to be led by general?

No!

Bow down in servitude or stand up and struggle

Since silence is betrayal

Workers, united we'll never be defeated

Workers will win

Viva workers

Viva...!

# calung music--solidarity forever

resist... resist.. resist!

solidarity forever

for the union make us strong

solidarity forever

for the union make us strong

there are workers

in the formal sector

40 million workers

but only 3 million are organised

victory for workers,

can on be acheived

when many more,

workers realise and educated,

to unionise,

Workers united!

...we'll never be defeated...

1 Mei 2013, Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono menetapkan
1 Mei sebagai hari libur nasional

28 Agustus 2013, Pemerintah menetapkan
38 Industri dan 10 kawasan Industri sebagai obyek vital nasional