Gerakan buruh independen di Indonesia bangkit kembali pada 1990-an setelah puluhan tahun penindasan. Aktivis mahasiswa dan LSM tampil di garda depan, mengorganisir buruh industri serta bersuara atas nama mereka. Serikat buruh mengemuka ke tengah gelanggang pergerakan pada 1998 ketika rezim otoriter Orde Baru tumbang. Tetapi, aktivis LSM perburuhan serta mahasiswa terus memainkan peran pentingâ€â€¦
In the 1990s, Indonesia’s independent labor movement re-emerged after decades of repression. The revival was led by students and NGO activists, who organized industrial workers and spoke on their behalf. Workers and Intellectuals explores how these middle-class activists struggled to define their place in a labor movement shaped by a history of fierce debate about the role of nonworker intell…