KSPN: Hundreds Of Thousands Of Textile Industry Workers Have Been LAID Off For The Last Three Years

Textile industry (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - President of the Confederation of Nusantara Trade Unions (KSPN) Ristadi said hundreds of thousands of workers in the textile and textile product (TPT) sector have been laid off in the last three years.

Ristadi said this was because the price of domestically produced TPT goods could not compete in the market. This is because currently illegal imported goods are increasingly controlling the domestic market, both conventional markets and online markets.

"As a result, TPT companies have reduced their production and some have even closed their total production activities. Hundreds of thousands of workers in the TPT sector have been laid off until they are laid off," said Ristadi in a written statement, Wednesday, December 11.

He said illegal products often do not meet consumer safety and health standards. Thus, product quality is at stake.

With the massive number of illegal imported goods to the country, said Ristadi, there will be other impacts. For example, the delay in the growth of the national textile industry, the threat of job opportunities to state tax losses.

If this condition is allowed, according to him, later the national textile industry, especially those whose production orientation is sold in the domestic market, will permanently close.

Thus, there will be millions of workers who have lost their jobs and turn off other supporting economic activities, such as traders in residential areas near the industry.

"And it also has an impact on the families who are dependent on the economy of tens of millions," he said.