Books on exploitation launched

Books on exploitation launched

JAKARTA: Bandung-based Akatiga Center for Social Studies
launched on Tuesday two books on exploitative relations between
big enterprises, microbusinesses and workers.

The books are titled Hubungan Perburuhan di Sektor Informal:
Permasalahan dan Prospects (Labor Relations in the Informal
Sector: Problems and Prospects) and Pola-pola Ekploitasi Terhadap
Usaha Kecil (Exploitation Patterns faced by Microbusinesses).

The books were written based on the center's research on
fishermen in Kamal Muara, North Jakarta, textile home industries
in Majalaya, tea farmers in Ciwidey, and rattan home industries,
in Cirebon, West Java.

Researcher Ratih Dewayanti said the center found that large
enterprises exploited small businesses by controlling raw
materials, prices and markets.

"In order to survive, small businesses exploited their workers
by paying low salaries and providing less social security," Ratih
said. --JP