Indonesia: PT Freeport Indonesia Workers Protest by Tubagus Aditya Irawan
Workers of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), dancing and speeches by wearing work uniforms and their traditional clothes, during a peaceful protest in front of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, Jakarta on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. They demanded that the Indonesian government to immediately resolve polemic with PT Freeport Indonesia, so they will get clarity the fate of those who are now in danger of losing their jobs. The Indonesian government and PT Freeport Indonesia until now still not get a win-win solution related to the implementation of government policy in the implementation of Law No. 4 of 2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining, which asked PT Freeport Indonesia to change the status of the CoW into a Special Mining Business License and the divestment of shares of 51% to the government as a condition for PT Freeport Indonesia to obtain whilst export licenses of concentrate, because PT Freeport Indonesia has yet to build a smelter to process the concentrates. PT Freeport Indonesia reject the policy, even threatened to take the matter to an arbitration court. This polemic makes PT Freeport Indonesia lowered its production activities, the impact on employment termination on thousands of workers, especially workers from Papua.
Workers of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), dancing and speeches by wearing work uniforms and their traditional clothes, during a peaceful protest in front of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, Jakarta on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. They demanded that the Indonesian government to immediately resolve polemic with PT Freeport Indonesia, so they will get clarity the fate of those who are now in danger of losing their jobs. The Indonesian government and PT Freeport Indonesia until now still not get a win-win solution related to the implementation of government policy in the implementation of Law No. 4 of 2009 on Mineral and Coal Mining, which asked PT Freeport Indonesia to change the status of the CoW into a Special Mining Business License and the divestment of shares of 51% to the government as a condition for PT Freeport Indonesia to obtain whilst export licenses of concentrate, because PT Freeport Indonesia has yet to build a smelter to process the concentrates. PT Freeport Indonesia reject the policy, even threatened to take the matter to an arbitration court. This polemic makes PT Freeport Indonesia lowered its production activities, the impact on employment termination on thousands of workers, especially workers from Papua.
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