Comments on: MANPOWER MINISTER’S SUPPORT IN LABOR STRIKE AGAINST NIKE CREATED INDONESIA’S BAD IMAGE IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

By: Beni Bevly

Beni Bevly — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:36:57 +0000

Guebukanmonyet, I think the other reason, people in Indonesia often misinterpret the meaning of “reformasi” and democracy which they think they can act as free as possible without considering other parties. Thanks for your comment.

By: guebukanmonyet

guebukanmonyet — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:16:14 +0000

Mmmh, yes I agree with you guys. It’s a shame what the companies (NASA & HASI) did to blame Nike for this condition. And now the demonstration done by the workers has caused a bad PR for Indonesia. That is the reason why many companies choose to build plants in China and Vietnam rather than in Indonesia, because workers in those two countries never demonstrate.But in Indonesia it seems that our workers manipulated by politics have a high tendency to demonstrate a lot which causes an unstable condition for business people.

By: Beni Bevly

Beni Bevly — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:44:23 +0000

Rusdy and Adhirock, you presented interesting views.

Rusdy, probably they did not realize they just mocked their investor. Once there was a mockery precedent, and it will tend to be repeated. Finally, I am afraid, it will become our culture. For sure, it is hard to deal with this kind of culture. So, before it really gets crystallized, it’s better for the respective parties do something.

Adhirock, all parties need to realize about domino effect like what you said. As a dedicated citizen, the owner of 14,000 employee company must know the consequence of her action. She needs really to fulfill her obligations (Did she?), then she can demand her rights.

We obviously want to see Indonesia as a country where investors, host government, employers, and employees cooperate each other to achieve win win situation for all.

By: AdhiRock

AdhiRock — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:56:19 +0000

Saya setuju dgn Fahmi Idris dan Bro Beni bahwa terlantarnya 14,000 pekerja akibat pemutusan kontrak adalah tanggung jawab perusahaan (NASA dan HASI) bukan tanggung jawab Nike krn mereka bukan karyawan Nike selama ini Nike hanya outsource kpd NASA dan HASI.

Dalam dialog semalam di Metro TV, Hartati menampik ada penurunan kualitas ataupun keterlambatan delivery itu hanya akal-akalan Nike… dpt perusahaan lain yg 5 dollar lebih murah dia tinggalkan kita. (versi Hartati). Dan dia juga menolak pesangon.. dia tdk akan meminta pesangon dari Nike.. yg dia minta hanya responsible terhadap 14,000 karyawan. Dia memberikan solusi : untuk menitipkan 14,000 karyawan di Pabrik2 Nike yg ada di ASIA untuk jangka waktu tertentu dan kemudian dia akan menarik kembali karyawan tsb untuk dipekerjakan kembali di perusahaannya krn dia berencana membuat merek sendiri. (dalam hati gw.. titip pekerja? mang penitipan sepatu hehehehe)

Kalo menurut saya biarkan masalah ini diselesaikan secara B to B, pemerintah jgn terlalu dalam ikut campur dan jgn terlalu subjektif melihat isu ini, krn kalo pemerintah memihak ini akan jadi rapot merah bagi calon2 investor.

Pemerintah selayaknya menelurkan kebijakan yg ber-orientasi pada job protection untuk mengantisipasi kejadian serupa krn efek ini bukan hanya pada 14,000 karyawan tapi juga menimbulkan efek domino.. kegiatan2 ekonomi disekitar pabrik akan mandek. (tukang ojek gagal setoran dah…)

By: Rusdy

Rusdy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:15:24 +0000

It is sad that Indonesia’s general public never learn from their mistakes. In the past, Indonesia has lost appeal from the big giant semiconductor manufacturers because of the same issue, so they went to Malaysia instead.

Again and again, instead of competing to be the best, Indonesia just mock their investors. Oh well, at least Indonesia good in one thing, mockery!