The low wages and dangerous conditions that workers in the palm oil industry in Indonesia have to endure have been an issue for many years. This week, hundreds of workers and their supporters held a demonstration at the annual meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Actions such as this aim to expose the fact that company-run codes are a sham used by corporations across the world as a smokescreen to hide the exploitation of their workforce. Only by developing strong independent unions, will Indonesian palm oil workers improve their working conditions.
The low wages and dangerous conditions that workers in the palm oil industry in Indonesia have to endure have been an issue for many years. This week, hundreds of workers and their supporters held a demonstration at the annual meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Actions such as this aim to expose the fact that company-run codes are a sham used by corporations across the world as a smokescreen to hide the exploitation of their workforce. Only by developing strong independent unions, will Indonesian palm oil workers improve their working conditions.
