Labor strikes or labor

strikes Elite Oleh: M. Rais Rahmat R *)

Labour Elite

Labor strikes became the most powerful ultimate weapon for the workers to draw the attention of

entrepreneurs or rulers since the beginning until today. labor strikes have become a threat to every

entrepreneur, because a direct impact on the declining productivity of the work.

For Employers, labor strikes always addressed as a show of defiance against the power of workers and

entrepreneurs. So that the labor strike at the company will lead to cuts for employers and workers

because it affects the moral and material losses.

Material loss as a result of the cessation of all activities and production processes due to the

postponement of planned production or sales, non-material losses due to the development of a lack of

trust between labor and management, industrial relations to be disrupted.

98 years before the reform, many workers' demonstrations took place in companies that are considered

and practiced real deviation from employment laws and is largely dominated by the system of wage and

welfare services. Demonstrations so workers tend to be local and more easily neutralized by the

Government as a Supervisory bipartite (two sides).

After 98 reforms, more labor demonstrations focus on the things nature of government policies that are

dominated by political factors. So we realize it or not workers' demonstration by some people

considered to have been dragged into the political game of the elite.

Labor groups are slowly but surely has become its own power and has the ability to fight for their

interests without having to strike at the company where she worked. Workers can fight fate through

labor organization without conflicting with the existing management in each company.

Tenacity officials of labor organizations that then we call the elite workers in mobilizing the masses on

each worker demonstrations and voice their demands, is effective in increasing the bargaining power of

labor against the partiality of government policy. Human rights issues and equality in obtaining a life

worthy of a keyword workers in the fight for their demands.

Past demonstrations labor impasse event is always preceded by negotiations between representatives

of workers and management representatives. So that the efforts of each worker demonstrations

culminate with the government intervened to mediate the impasse.

Today's labor demonstrations need not wait for long the negotiations impasse between workers with

Employers. Through a network of elite workers throughout Indonesia can easily do to raise the masses

to criticize government policies that do not favor the workers.

Labour 1 September demonstrations Today 1 september 2015, the workers plan to do a demonstration of workers in the capital, easily

spread to various social media. Info from the relevant safety authorities in anticipation of securing traffic

to various media indirectly become a means of disseminating information to the public demonstration.

Previous public, both from the labor community and other communities, did not know and did not

receive much information from labor activists or leaflets about planned demonstrations laborers 1

september 2015, so the information from security authorities it as a notice of the existence of labor

strike today.

Indeed plan labor demonstration is not widely known by the workers who today are busy with everyday

activities, as evidenced by not many found the conversation between the workers about labor

demonstration today, as a demonstration of workers is just the arena of elite workers to demonstrate its

existence as a motion asking taken into account in every policy decision.

Demonstration of workers who comprise the majority of Jabodetabek labor elite, must be recognized as

having an important role in every demonstration that occurred in recent years, and they have enough

experience in organizing all the demonstrations in the capital. Listening to the speeches on the pitch,

quoted by the media on line:

"The main demands of the workers are wage increase as much as 22 percent for 2016. In addition, they also asked for direct cash assistance program for the resumption of the declining purchasing power. The Government was asked to tighten the entry of foreign workers, especially from China, although not many in number, considered alarming. "(Source: BBC Indonesia (http://megapolitan.kompas.com/read)

As of this writing uploads, workers' demonstrations still occur in the points that have been planned and

peaceful, this indicates the level of maturity of the elite workers in carrying out demonstrations matured

and brought the issues related to strategic and live life the majority of workers.

The declining value of the rupiah currency as a result of the strengthening US Dollar, decrease the value

of labor income. The openness of the labor market as a result of regional economic cooperation is also a

concern AEC 2015 workers will be the loss of jobs due to be filled by workers from outside the country

more competitive.

Labor demonstrations by elite workers today, at least to remind the government and stakeholders

effects of the range is the strength of Indonesia's economy against the global crisis and the effects of

courage Indonesian government to agree on participation in the region "Asean Economic Community"

by 2015 will have an impact on the competition unhealthy workers in the hunt for employment.

Observing the workers' struggle today, whether carried out by the workers or workers who have been

suspected of elite tainted by political interests into insignificance, if its demands concerning the life of

living labor during her rights of many marginalized by the Employers and Ruler.

Maturity labor and labor elite in their profession, will be one important factor in driving the nation's

economic growth rate that has always been the determination of the Leader of the Nation.

(Jababeka, 1 September 2015).

*).. The writer is a former labor organizer New Order era