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AbstractThere has been little engagement between the organized labour and labour migration literatures. Studies of organized labour movements in Asia have traditionally focused on trade unions that organize workers in factories, in offices, and on the plantations of the countries in which those unions are based, or on international cooperation between such unions. Studies of migrant labour, on the other hand, have tended to emphasize the demographic features of labour migration flows, or the experiences of migrant workers in either their country of origin or their host society. Yet, with the help of local and international non‐governmental organizations (NGOs), migrant workers from countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia are beginning to organize both at home and abroad. This article examines the emergence and operation of both migrant labour NGOs and migrant labour associations from a labour movement perspective. It focuses on the schism between the literature on labour migration, in which descriptions of migrant labour NGOs most often appear, and the literature on organized labour, which has generally ignored both the increasing significance of temporary overseas labour migration and the role of non‐union bodies in the organization of labour. Examples from Indonesia and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (herinafter Hong Kong) are used to argue that the experiences of migrant labour NGOs and migrant labour associations should be taken more seriously by trade unions and by the scholars who study them.

This research note chronicles developments in private and public sector trade unionism in Indonesia in the year following President Suharto's resignation. Its findings are based on fieldwork carried out in Indonesia from February to April 1999, ongoing monitoring of the Indonesian press, and information provided by contacts in labour-oriented non-government organisations. While cautioning that more fundamental changes are required at a systemic level before far-reaching labour reform can be achieved, the author concludes that developments in trade unionism since the fall of Suharto indicate that many workers remain committed to collective action despite the dramatic increases in unemployment and the erosion of job security resulting from Indonesia's ongoing economic crisis.

Non‐governmental organisations' (NGOs) dominance of the Indonesian labour movement has been undermined by changes in the regulation of labour since the fall of Suharto. This article examines the effects of these changes on the form and discourse of labour representation in contemporary Indonesia. It is argued that while NGOs' renewed acceptance of unionism as the primary form of labour organisation demonstrates the strength of the 'trade union' as a criterion of significance, their (partial) execution of 'trade union functions' during the late New Order period demands that we re‐examine the ways in which we perceive and measure organised labour activism.

Nongovernmental organizations' (NGOs) dominance of the Indonesian labor movement has been undermined by changes in the regulation of labor since the fall of Suharto. This article examines the effects of these changes on the form & discourse of labor representation in contemporary Indonesia. It is argued that while NGOs' renewed acceptance of unionism as the primary form of labor organization demonstrates the strength of the "trade union" as a criterion of significance, their (partial) execution of "trade union functions" during the late New Order period demands that we reexamine the ways in which we perceive & measure organized labor activism. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractThere were considerable changes in Indonesia's industrial relations climate and regulatory framework during the Habibie interregnum. This article explores the implications of those changes for informal workers' organizations, unions and labour-oriented NGOs. The article is divided into two sections. The first section reflects upon the philosophy, institutions and practice of labour relations under Suharto's New Order and describes organized opposition to the industrial relations system, while the second describes the ways in which labour relations and representation changed during the Habibie interregnum.

Activists in Transition examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movements have played a critical role over in ensuring that different groups of citizens can engage directly in—and benefit from—the political process in a way that was not possible under authoritarianism. However, their individual roles have been different, with some playing a decisive role in the destabilization of the regime and others serving as bell-weathers of the advancement, or otherwise, of Indonesia's democracy in the decades since. Equally important, democratization has affected social movements differently depending on the form taken by each movement during the New Order period. The book assesses the contribution that nine progressive social movements have made to the democratization of Indonesia since the late 1980s, and how, in turn, each of those movements has been influenced by democratization