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Decent Work For Migrant Workers In a Glance . ( Confederation of Indonesian Trade Union ) Seoul 29 Nov ~ 3 Dec 2010 ( Azhar Habib ). Kota Kinibalu. Guntong. BRUNEI. Banda Aceh. Penang. West Natuna. Alpha. Natuna. Bandara Seri Begawan. Lhokseumawe. Kerteh. Duyong. WEST
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Decent Work ForMigrant Workers In a Glance ( Confederation of Indonesian Trade Union ) Seoul 29 Nov ~ 3 Dec 2010 ( Azhar Habib )
Kota Kinibalu Guntong BRUNEI Banda Aceh Penang West Natuna Alpha Natuna Bandara Seri Begawan Lhokseumawe Kerteh Duyong WEST MALAYSIA Mogpu Kuala Lumpur Bintulu Port Klang Medan EAST MALAYSIA Port Dickson Pacific Ocean Manado Dumai SINGAPORE Kuching Ternate HALMAHERA Bintan Batam Duri Bontang Sorong Attaka Samarinda KALIMANTAN Tunu Padang Bekapai Jayapura S U M A T R A Balikpapan Jambi SULAWESI IRIAN JAYA Grissik Banjarmasin Palembang SERAM BURU Ujung Pandang I N D O N E S I A MADURA Semarang Jakarta Merauke Bangkalan Pagerungan J A V A Surabaya BALI SUMBAWA FLORES LOMBOK Indian Ocean TIMOR SUMBA THAILAND LAOS Manila Bangkok CAMBODIA Philipines Ban Mabtapud South China Sea Phnom Penh VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City Erawan Khanon Songkhla Bangkot Lawit Jerneh Indonesia AUSTRALIA
Picture of Indonesia BUSINESS AREA DURIAN SALES BUNAKEN BEACH BECAK USING TRAIN BOROBUDUR TRIBE DANCE KIDS ARE PLAYING EATING OUT
Condition of Employability Employed > 35 hours = 76.61M (69.46 %) Employees= 107.41M (92.59) Agriculture = 42.83M (39.88 %) Industries = 13.05 M (12.15%) Building = 4.84 M (4.51%) Trading = 22.21 M (20.68%) Transport = 5.82 M (5.42%) Finance = 1.64 M (1.53 %) Services =15.63 M (14.54%) Others =1.40 M (1.30 %) Population by aged >15 years= 171.02 M ( 73.32 % ) Labor Force 116.M (67.83 %) Elementary =57.44 (49.53%) Junior = 21.95 M (18.92 %) Senior = 17.74 M (15.29%) Voct = 9.68 M (8.34 %) N Degree = 3.43 M (2.96 %) Univ = 5.76 M (4.97 %) Employed < 35 hours =half employed 32.80 M (30.54 %) Unemployment 8.59.M=7.41% Elementary = 2.13M (24.80%) Junior = 1.65M (19.21%) Senior = 2.11M (24.56%) Vocational = 1.34M (15.60% Non Degree = 0.54M (6.29 %) University = 0.82 M (9.55 %) Population 233.24 million Voluntary 17.53 M (53.45 %) Non Labor Force = 55.02 M (32 %) Population Un-employed < 14 year= 62,22 M (26.68 % ) Forced 15.27M (46.55 %) Sumber : BPS, Berita Resmi Statisttik No. 75/12/Th.XII 10 Mei 2010
About Migrant Workers • No real accurate number of overseas workers • Some NGO said more than 6 to 7 Millions • Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hongkong , Taiwan, Singapore are most optional destinations • Malaysia employed more than 2 million. • Majority working in domestic workers and mostly are women.
Low education is reflected on migrant working women . • Estimated 700.000/ year left their home land for new countries • Number of remittances is Rp 100 Billion ( 100 million $ US )
Condition • Most of them working in informal sectors • Domestic Workers • Building & Constructions • Plantations • Low educational background • Limited skill belongs to them • Illiteracy on worker rights and protections • Vulnerable to harassment, exploitation, trafficking, blackmail etc
Problems • Problems facing by Overseas workers are very definitely complicated. • Act and regulation have low protection • Government’s less concern in handling issues on migrant • Institutions addressing migrants are not well cooperated so that problems frequently are misunderstood . • Problems are mostly internal dominated ( pre departure handling is poorly managed ) • Migrant are not well recognized as real workers • Low inspection are mostly derived from recruitment . • Low enforcement doest not implement toughly
What Union Can do • Support and promote migrant workers’ rights. • Bilateral agreement should linked between National Center ( sending and receiving countries ) • Criticize the week point of Migrant Act and regulations and making drafts. • Set up networking to Global union and affiliate.
Cooperation Inserting human/workers rights based on ILO conventions or relating clauses. Trade Union, Voluntary social organizations, and other parties should be united Stake holders ( parliaments members, government and employers association) should continoustly meet and discuss on migrants issues Govt takes action to whom are violated the rules
Decent Work • Ratification of ILO convention on Grant should be done both sending and receiving countries. (beside ILO core conventions ) • ILO should be pro active to decide countries are safe or vulnerable to migrants • Receiving countries should recognize migrant’s rights. • Discriminations should be totally eliminated ( citizens and migrants) • Trade Unions at all level should promote humanitarianism, civilization values for peaceful work and world .