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Fella Opheliani
2014330148
Class A
No
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Workers play a big role in the country
both politically and economically, but in this case, I will focus my essay on the
political power laborers held while using their role in economy to support my
argument for their political strength
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This paper will explain more about the laborers in Indonesia and how they affect
politics in Indonesia
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Basically, they are the foundation of the society as they
make up more than 50% of the population
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Blue-collar worker is defined by manual or physical
labor is a type of labor that relies on strength1
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However, there are exceptions like workers in the petroleum field with higher wage
since they work in hazardous environment and requires an expertise on the field
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Sometimes, manual labor can be dangerous to the physical health condition of the
workers which is why they are usually required to take safety precautions as stated in
the law2
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They are paid for their ability to provide company
with the necessary talent and brainwork
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investopedia
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These employees
usually received a higher paycheck than manual workers although they aren’t exposed
to health risks like most manual workers do
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Although companies are the ones in charge
of distributing and providing the goods to the customers, the workers are the ones
who made it at first hand
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Workers are also helping to
stabilize the economy of the nation by providing the workforce every company needs
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They are at the bottom of the social
class and led a very simple life in contrast to the work they produced
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Economy and capitalism is actually relevant to politics
as many of the capitalists has enough power and money to influence the government
and politics through bribery and manipulation
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This causes many to stop
trusting the government as they believed the capitalists to manipulate them and they
have disliked the capitalists to begin with as it was thought that capitalism brought
poverty and social inequality into the country
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Their reasons for demonstrating mostly circulate
around demands to increase welfare among workers such as a raise in paycheck as
they need to to keep up with the ever-increasing living cost and improve their life
standards
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Labor
especially manual labor puts in a lot more physical effort compared to employees and
other paying jobs
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The
government couldn’t afford to provide them all with a high salary because there’s too
Karl Marx, “Marx 1844: Wages of Labour,” accessed May 19, 2015,
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many of them and while their workforce is necessary, it’s still not fair to those skilled
workers who invested their time and money in education for years for their current
position only to have equal wage with those whose job requirement doesn’t include
education
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This is usually caused by the
mistreatment the company done
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The government can’t seem to do much because the
company plays a huge role in the economy of the nation and are being sidetracked
from the social security of the local laborers
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Thus, the workers stopped
believing in the government and proceed to demonstrate instead
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The landslide of Big Gossan, with 28 victims, caused the
most death in the history of accidents in the mines of Freeport Indonesia5
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In March 23rd 2006, 3 laborers from
Pontil company, the subcontractor of Freeport, fell to their death caused by a landslide
in the mining area
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In October 2003, the landslide in
Grasberg costed them 8 deaths and 5 casualties6
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The Ministry of Mining and Energy formed an investigation team but has yet found
the person responsible for the accident
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To the workers’ eye,
the government had chose to side with the Freeport Company, the one who was
responsible for the accidents and mistreatments, instead of the people of his own
Jakarta Globe, “Four Rescued From Freeport Mine Collapse, 32 Still Trapped The Jakarta Globe,” May 14, 2013,
http://thejakartaglobe
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com/news/thirty-two-workers-trapped-afterfreeport-landslide/
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In this case, the government is at fault for choosing to brush off their deaths
and made peace with Freeport because Freeport has the bigger money
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In order to tackle this issue, the government decides to officially mark May 1st as May
Day, a day to commemorate the hardworking laborers or also known as Labor Day in
2013
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The day is usually celebrated through demonstrations laborers
enact on the streets of major cities, demanding better income and better policies,
depending on their current issue
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13 2003, Article 5),
work time limit (UU No
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13 2003, Article
88)
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They are not allowed to work more than 7
hours a day and 40 hours a week for 6 days in a week or 8 hours a day and 40 hours a
week for 5 days in a week8
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This can be seen in the first article: “No one is allowed to stop or force
workers to form a Labor Union” and Article 9 which explains that Labor Union
should be formed through free will without any third-party consent9
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com,” July 29,
2013,
http://nasional
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com/read/2013/07/29/2149146/1
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Resmi
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Hari

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Nasional
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21, accessed May 19, 2015,
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com/file/d/0B3cdSeezawWeTmhyQXJCSlZodlk/edit?pli=1
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The company has yet received any official complaints
from the government regarding their mistreatments to the workers even though the
workers are a necessary part of the country
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Especially if it includes a boycott which leaves many companies helpless without its
workers
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Although they are treated as a minority, bear in mind, that they play the
bigger part of Indonesia
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That's why most
election candidates usually try to win the favor of these laborers and give them their
most convincing speech so the workers will choose them
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Labor Party is a political party first formed in 1999, then participated in the election
of 1999, 2004 and also 2009
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They are basically voicing ordinary, working people
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In conclusion, laborers are hard workers and they are the foundation of this country
thanks to their generous contribution to the industry and political system of this
nation
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In
politics, workers are usually used by the government to receive votes for election but
aside from that special occasion, workers are also constantly participating in politics
by following the set rules and expressing their voice when things aren’t right through
demonstrations
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Truth to be told, the workers have
enough people to overthrow the government so the country needs to acknowledge
their strength as a political force and treat them with the respect they deserve

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