Thursday 25 October 2018

Indonesian Electricity Unions

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PSI trade union affiliates in the electricity sector, SP PLN Persero, SP PJB, and PP Indonesia Power together with SPEE-FSPMI electricity sector and Serbuk Indonesia, held a two-day, 24-25 October 2018, consolidation meeting in planning a project for the electricity sector to strengthen trade unions. This activity is supported by PSI partners from the Trade Union Solidarity Center of Finland (SASK) and the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sectors in Finland (JHL).
The objectives of this activity are:
1. To assess the state of energy sector in Indonesia, focusing on challenges and development
after the Judicial Review Decision last December 2016;
2. To assess the current union situation of energy unions and outsourced workers in Indonesia focusing on the union density, union dues collection, total number of members, number of potential membership and gender; and
3. To develop an energy project application for years 2019-2022.
PSI-SEA Sub Regional Secretary Ian Mariano facilitated the workshop.
David Boys, PSI Deputy General Secretary, Kate Lappin, PSI Asia Pacific Regional Secretary, Eveliina Petala (JHL), Juha Vauhkonen, Marlon Quesada (SASK) and Tom Reddington (APHEDA, TUED) attended the activity.