KASBI

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Konfederasi KASBI
Konfederasi Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia
Founded4 February 2005 (2005-02-04)
Members
130,000 [1]
Affiliations WFTU
Website kasbi.or.id

KASBI, Kongres Aliansi Serikat Buruh Indonesia (Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance) is an Indonesian trade union formed in 2005 by 18 labor unions. [2] In 2011, they were engaged in a strike action with Carrefour, a French retailer which operates a hypermarket chain in Indonesia. Carrefour had allegedly evaded strict Indonesian labor law by treating its employees as contract employees. [3]

Notes

  1. Lane, Max (18 January 2018). "The Politics of Wages and Indonesia's Trade Unions" (PDF). Perspective. Singapore: ISEAS (4). ISSN   2335-6677 . Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. "Profile of KASBI" blog post, Blogspot blog of Congress of Indonesia Unions Alliance, July 2, 2008
  3. Sara Schonhardt (December 26, 2011). "As Indonesia Grows, Discontent Sets in Among Workers". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

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