InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Palm oil campaign got the new touch with consistent breakthrough and did in international scale. The labors and stakeholders from Indonesia did direct campaign in European Union (EU) regions.
Labors that reach up to 16 million men, become the significant group in palm oil industries in Indonesia. They are not partner only but also would be the group that get the impacts from industrial dynamic. Their presence in palm oil campaign would be very relevant. JAGA SAWITAN, a bipartite organization between labors’ organization - JAPBUSI and stakeholders’ organization – Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) became the same initiative to maintain the sustainability and fairness in palm oil industries.
Chairman of Human Resource Development IPOA, Sumarjono Saragih said that the journey of JAGA SAWITAN to EU in December 2023 would be something important. Their presence in Turin, Italy would join Rural Development Academy (RDA) 2023 that International Labor Organization (ILO) did. This was the moment to share experience and initiatives to develop rural in the world.
Saragih who is also the Chairman Founder WISPO (Worker Initiatives for Sustainable Palm Oil), palm oil industries in Indonesia, through IPOA and JAPBUSI, would deliver inspiration and achievement in rural, child labor, gender equity, social dialogue, and work health. Palm oil campaign would become more relevant and have competitiveness by involving labors and stakeholders.
“For Indonesia’s palm oil plantations in the rural were discussed, this showed that palm oil positively contributes to the economy and men’s lives. The collaboration between stakeholders and labors made palm oil in Indonesia as the pioneer to escalate the quality of decent work which is the same with the standards in international scale,” Saragih said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Friday (8/12/2023).
The successful story of open and sustainable dialogue between IPOA and labors’ organization created the strong cooperation foundation. JAGA SAWITAN becomes the real evidence that Indonesia’s palm oil would sustainably develop through decent work.
The initiative is acknowledged not only locally but gets appreciation from international level. Michico Miyamoto, Director ILO Indonesia Timor Leste, appreciated JAGA SAWITAN as the unique, historic, and the biggest achievement in the world. This also becomes the challenge and encouragement to maintain the same welfare between stakeholders and labors in Indonesia’s palm oil industries. (T2)
