Indonesian labour relations Collection

Period 1979-1995
Total size  494 microfiches
Consultation Not restricted

History

The Indonesian Documentation and Information Centre (INDOC) was founded in Leiden, the Netherlands in 1979; its aim was to collect and disseminate contemporary information on social and political developments in modern Indonesia, where people were engaged in cutting clippings from various national and regional newspapers; topics were human rights, politics and labour relations; the material was arranged and described systemetically in Leiden; the INDOC was dissolved in 1996.

Content

Press clippings from Indonesian newspapers relating to labour relations, including labour disputes, trade unions, wages, workers and working conditions, labour on plantations, child labour, occupations, dismissals and employers organizations; excerpts of newspapers and other periodicals including Environesia, Indonesian Human Rights, Prisma, Indonesian Observer, Kompas, Merdeka and Suara Pembaruan from Jakarta, Pikiran Rakyat from Bandung, Suara Merdeka from Semarang, Surabaya Post from Surabaya and Waspada from Medan.

NB. Original INDOC collection at the Van Vollenhoven Instituut in Leiden, the Netherlands.