Andi Gani Regrets Negative Framing and Efforts to Weaken Labour Movement

JAKARTA - The President of the All-Indonesian Confederation of Trade Unions (KSPSI), Andi Gani Nena Wea, regrets the appearance of various negative narratives and framing attacking the labour movement after the May Day 2026 commemoration.

Andi Gani assesses that there are systematic efforts to discredit workers through issues of sembako distribution and narratives far from the substance of the struggle.

“This creates negative narratives to attack the labour movement. I see, I monitor social media, many non-labour people are defending it. Why suddenly those attacking sembako seem to want to bully the labour movement, that’s what I regret,” said Andi Gani when contacted by Kompas.com on Wednesday (6/5/2026).

According to him, such actions constitute harassment of the labour movement.

His side emphasises that they will take serious action against parties that insult the labour struggle.

“We will, we are discussing (bringing it to the legal realm) because this is a serious issue and has attacked negative narratives towards the personal leaders of the labour movement. That’s already deviating from what we convey to society,” he stressed.

This is a democratic practice rarely found in other countries.

He also appreciates the wider public and several influencers who instead defend the labour movement on social media and help straighten the circulating negative narratives.