Monthly Archive: February, 2012

Organizing Informal Workers in Cambodia

Conceptualizing informalization Activities Participants were given a set of cards of occupations, such as waiter in a small restaurant, beer promotion girl, nurse, street vendor, waste collector, domestic worker, casino worker, self-employed farmer,… Continue reading

New Ways of Organizing Strategy in Rural Area: Case Study of Palm Oil Workers in North Sumatra

  Indonesia is the world largest palm oil producer in the world. With total 7.3 million ha palm oil plantation—around 77% is concentrated in Sumatra Island—absorbing around 2.5 million workforces, Indonesia’s annual output… Continue reading

Indonesia: Organizing Informal Workers in Urban Area

At a workshop held in Indonesia by Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) and Confederation of Indonesia Independent Unions (KASBI) in 2009, the participants were divided into several groups based on their province of… Continue reading

Designing Manual for Organizing Contract Workers

The following post is a workshop report on the process of designing a manual of organizing contract workers. The workshop is organized by Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) and Confederation of Indonesia Unions… Continue reading

Organizing Informal Workers in Rural Area

 Plantation Workers and Landless Peasants in Indonesia and Philippines The activity of power mapping, a devise designed to assess prevailing strategies and organization structures, for agriculture workers and landless peasants was initiated by identifying… Continue reading