Labor Union: The Constitutional Court's Decision Carries A Big Risk If It Rejects Workers' Demands
JAKARTA - The mass of workers who are members of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPSI) and the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) submitted a judicial review to the Constitutional Court regarding Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation or the Omnibus Law. His party also submitted a petition for workers.
"The biggest trade union confederation in Indonesia has filed a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court and is soon entering the plenary session," said KSPSI President Andi Gani Nena Wea at the Constitutional Court Building, Central Jakarta, Saturday, May 1.
Andi Gani asked the Constitutional Court to make a fair decision. KSPI and KSPSI hope that the Constitutional Court can become the final court fortress in the country's constitution.
"The decision of the Constitutional Court will be at great risk if it is unbalanced and unfair or gets great rejection from the workers. We remind the Court to carry out the trial properly based on the studies we have conducted. We are very sure the Court will side with the truth," said Andi Gani.
Meanwhile, the President of KSPI Said Iqbal filed a lawsuit against Law 11 of 2020 for not taking sides and harming Indonesian workers.
"Because of that we want to make sure to the judges of the Constitutional Court to decide formally that the process of making this law violates, according to our records," Said said at the same location. First, he continued, did not involve public participation. Second, there is no order from the 1945 Constitution or any other law order to carry out an omnibus law, especially the labor cluster. "And it is materially detrimental to all of us including you journalists. One, later we can use 100 percent outsourcing. We work for company A but we register at an agency. outsourcing. We were fired by company A but we were not given any severance pay by the outsourcing company, "he explained.
According to Said, the State has neglected its responsibilities by imposing contract employees or known as PKWT. "It is contracted repeatedly because there is no period, it is true that in PP the limit is 5 years of contract. But we will be contracted for one year, terminate, another contract for 6 months is fired. Four Weeks Fired, we could be contracted hundreds of times, there is no hope of becoming employees. still, "he said. Therefore, KSPI hopes that the Constitutional Court will fairly decide the judicial review submitted by KSPSI and KSPI entirely.
"Dropping the Job Creation Law on the labor cluster, and a worker representative asked the Constitutional Court. This is a defective procedure, thus the formal test can be granted by the Court," said Said Iqbal.