Labour Party (Indonesia, 2021)

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Labour Party
Partai Buruh
ChairmanSaid Iqbal
Secretary-GeneralFerri Nuzarli
Vice ChairmanAgus Supriyadi
TreasurerLuthano Budyanto
Founded5 October 2021
Preceded byLabour Party
HeadquartersJakarta
IdeologyPancasila
Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Civic nationalism
Left-wing populism
Labourism
Political positionCentre-left
SloganWelfare State (Indonesian: Negara Sejahtera)
We are The Working Class (Indonesian: Kami adalah Kelas Pekerja)
Website
https://partaiburuh.or.id/

The Labour Party (Indonesian: Partai Buruh) is a political party in Indonesia founded on 5 October 2021. The party is reformed from and a continuation of the defunct 1998 Labour Party founded by Muchtar Pakpahan.[1][2] The party formed after the 4th Labour Party congress on 4-5 October in Jakarta.[3]

The party has espoused a somewhat stronger left-wing foundation compared to the original Labour Party and is described as "pro-labourer and pro-worker".[4] Despite that, Chairman Said Iqbal has not made clear if the party really follows left-wing politics, despite stating social democracy as the party ideology.[5] To add much further confusion, Said Iqbal himself also a right-wing activist and politician formerly from Prosperous Justice Party. Such unclear position also raised confusion to Indonesian political experts about the party alignment and commitment in labourism politics.[6]

History[]

In the aftermath of the passage of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Law No. 11/2020) by the People's Representative Council, many Indonesian labour unions felt disillusioned with the new law they deemed threatening to laborers and workers rights and protection they enjoyed prior the passage of the omnibus law. During the 4th Congress of the Labour Party, Said Iqbal, Chairman of KSPI and sole candidate of the Labour Party's chairman said that the passage of the law was a defeat for Indonesian labour unions.[7] He realized that pressure tactics by using labour unions and mass organizations as pressure groups against government, general strike tactics, and employment of political demonstrations in Indonesia omnibus law protests are useless to stop the passage of the law. Due to this, he now seeks a democratic way to take down the law, by putting pro-labour union and pro-workers politicians to join parliament.[8][9][4]

At the Congress, Said Iqbal was elected Chairman of the Labour Party.[3] The party is currently seeking a way to participate in 2024 Indonesian general election.[10]

Founding organisations[]

The 2021 Labour Party formed through the merging of the Labour Party and 10 other founding organizations:[11]

  1. 1998 Labour Party (political arm of Confederation of All Indonesia Laborers Unions, Indonesian: Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Seluruh Indonesia, KSBSI)
  2. Confederation of Indonesian Prosperous Laborers Unions (Indonesian: Konfederasi Serikat Buruh Sejahtera Indonesia, KSBSI)
  3. Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (Indonesian: Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Indonesia, KSPI)
  4. Federation of Indonesian Metal Workers Unions (Indonesian: Federasi Serikat Pekerja Metal Indonesia, FSPMI)
  5. Indonesian Farmer Union (Indonesian: Serikat Petani Indonesia, SPI)
  6. Indonesian People Organization (Indonesian: Organisasi Rakyat Indonesia)
  7. Confederation of Indonesian Labour Union(Indonesian: Konfederasi Persatuan Buruh Indonesia, KPBI)
  8. Federation of Chemical, Energy, and Mining Labour Unions (Indonesian: Federasi Serikat Pekerja Kimia Energi Pertambangan, FSP KEP)
  9. Federation of Pharmacy and Health Labour Unions-Reformation (Indonesian: Federasi Serikat Pekerja Farmasi dan Kesehatan Reformasi, FSP Farkes-R)
  10. Indonesian Forum of Private Educators and Honorary Employees (Indonesian: Forum Pendidik dan Tenaga Honorer Swasta Indonesia, FTPHSI)
  11. Indonesian Women Movement (Indonesian: Gerakan Perempuan Indonesia)

Beyond these founding 11 organizations, more than 50 Indonesian Labour unions also expressed their support to the party, according to Said Iqbal.[9]

Main program[]

The party program proposes the following changes:[4][8][9]

  1. Repeal of the Law No. 11/2020.
  2. Long term pro-laborer and pro-worker rights struggle and activism.
  3. Formation of pro-laborer and pro-worker laws, including:
    • More subsidy programs to people.
    • Prohibition of outsourcing.
    • Putting an end to the current Indonesian employing contracting system with unlimited renewal.
    • Pushing laws providing adequate severance pay.
    • Humane working hours.
    • Protection of wages.
    • Undoing/repealing laws granting corporation for simplified worker layoffs.
    • Advocacy of putting menstrual and birthing leave into the laws.
  4. Formation of pro-farmer laws, including:

Responses[]

Both parties from ruling and opposition side of the current Joko Widodo administration congratulated members on the formation of the party, with the Great Indonesia Movement Party congratulating the party formation from the side of the ruling coalition[12] and the Prosperous Justice Party congratulating the party formation from opposition side.[13] Many political experts see the party as having potential to grow quickly to having considerable grassroot basis from laborers, workers, farmers, fishermen, educators, and honorary employees.[14][15] Despite that, experts also said that the new party also has a challenge in consolidating all labour movements in Indonesia as their source of power, particularly because current large parties in Indonesia also have their own affiliated labour unions and mass organizations which are much larger and more established compared to the new party.[16] Additionally, labor movements in Indonesia are currently fragmented and lacking strong figures to unite all laborers and workers. In political history of Indonesia, there were numerous labour-based parties formed since the Reformasi period but all the parties performed poorly and lacked strong figures, causing their impact to be negligible.[15][17]

Not all labour unions welcomed the party. The oldest Indonesian labour union, Confederation of All-Indonesian Worker Associations (Indonesian: Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Seluruh Indonesia, KSPSI) did not respond well with formation of the party and not joined the party. Leader of the KSPSI, Elly Rosita Silaban, explained that such condition where labourism politics required to grow are not met in Indonesia due to lacking of three things: (1) Low trade union density, despite high number of labourers and workers. In Indonesia, from KSPSI 2021 data, from 127 million Indonesian labourers and workers, only 2.7 million are registered labourers and workers, and those 2.7 million labourers and workers also scattered across hundred specialized labour unions. (2) No single labour confederation as umbrella organization for all labour to channel and focused labour to one point. (3) Number of parties in Indonesia which much scatter and diluted the labourers' voice.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Putri, Budiarti Utami; Persada, Syailendra (2021-10-05). "Dipimpin Said Iqbal, Ini Susunan Pengurus Partai Buruh". tempo.co (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ CNN Indonesia (2021-10-05). "KSPI Jelaskan Beda Partai Buruh yang Lama dan Baru". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Putri, Budiarti Utami; Wibowo, Eko Ari (2021-10-05). "Said Iqbal Terpilih Menjadi Presiden Partai Buruh". tempo.co (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b c Akbar, Nawir Arsyad; Hermawan, Bayu (2021-10-05). "Partai Buruh akan Berusaha Batalkan Omnibus Law". Republika Online (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Damarjati, Danu (2021-10-06). "Apakah Partai Buruh di Indonesia Jadi Sayap Kiri? Ini Kata Said Iqbal". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Priyadi, Hari (2021-10-07). "Aktivis: Said Iqbal Akui Gerakan Buruh Tak Bisa Lepas dari Sejarah Gerakan Komunis: Tapi Kok Nyaleg di PKS? - Galamedia News - Halaman 2". galamedia.pikiran-rakyat.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Umam, Chaerul (2021-10-04). "Said Iqbal Jadi Calon Tunggal Ketua Umum Partai Buruh". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b Djokya, Firda Cynthia Anggrainy Al. "Alasan Partai Buruh Bangkit Kembali: Pengesahan Omnibus Law". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  9. ^ a b c Chaterine, Rahel Narda; Galih, Bayu (2021-10-05). "Said Iqbal Ungkap Alasan Partai Buruh Dibangkitkan, Salah Satunya Omnibus Law UU Cipta Kerja". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Ahda, Bayhaqi (2021-10-03). "11 Organisasi akan Deklarasikan Ulang Partai Buruh, Siap Bertarung di Pemilu 2024". merdeka.com. Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Lutfi, Khanif (2021-10-05). "Ini Pengurus Partai Buruh dan 11 Organisasi Badan Pendiri". FIN.CO.ID. Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Safitri, Eva (2021-10-04). "Gerindra Sambut Partai Buruh: Selamat Berjuang Menempuh Demokrasi!". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Ete, Suhari (2021-10-05). "Hidayat Nur Wahid : Selamat Datang Partai Buruh". KPonline (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Safitri, Eva (2021-10-05). "Menerka Peluang Partai Buruh Berlaga di Pemilu 2024". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ a b Triono, Wahyu (2021-10-05). "NEWS VIDEO Partai Buruh Dinilai Bisa Jadi Partai yang Diperhitungkan jika Mampu Persatukan Buruh". Tribunkaltim.co (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  17. ^ CNN Indonesia (2021-10-05). "Jatuh Bangun Partai Buruh dari Era Reformasi ke Pemilu 2024". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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