Manpower minister leads RI delegation to ILC
Manpower minister leads RI delegation to ILC
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea is leading
Indonesia's tripartite delegation to the 91st International Labor
Conference (ILC) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 3
to June 17.
The conference is being held to discuss labor issues such as
poverty alleviation, workplace safety and security, and the
elimination of discrimination in the workplace.
An adviser to the minister on institutional and international
relations, Edison Situmorang, is already in Geneva to lead the
delegation during the ILC's preliminary meetings, which will last
until June 7.
A number of other top officials from the Ministry of Manpower
and Transmigration have left for Geneva to represent the
government at the conference.
Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) chairman Hasanuddin
Rachman and several other Apindo executives will represent
employers, investors and state-owned Pertamina at the conference,
while a number of labor activists will represent workers.
Only five of Indonesia's 68 labor unions are sending
representatives to the two-week meeting. The five are the
Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI), the
Federation of Trade Unions for Justice, Welfare and Unity (SPKP),
the Federation of Indonesian Unions (SPI), the Indonesian
Prosperity Trade Union (SBSI) and the Telcom Sector Union (SP
Telkom).
According to a press release from the International Labor
Organization (ILO) office in Jakarta on Monday, all of the
delegations to the conference are expected to discuss a road map
for fighting poverty, enhancing safety and security in the
workplace, and eliminating labor discrimination.
The ILC is also slated to review ILO Seafarers' Identity
Document Convention No. 108/1958 and to discuss a new
international standard on human resource development, to replace
ILO Human Resource Development Recommendation No. 150/1975.
South African President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to deliver an
address to the conference on June 11, while Jordan's King
Abdullah II is scheduled to address the meeting on June 12.