In the middle of the pandemic in 2020, the Indonesian government pushed aggressively for the passage of a new national law on economic investments, consolidating various legislative initiatives in the past into one comprehensive investment legislative bill. It touches on wide-ranging economic themes, from labour to environmental issues, with the overarching agenda of making Indonesia a much more investment friendly country than before. It relaxes many regulations related to labour and environment that were perceived to be disincentives in doing business in the country. With the vigorous endorsement of President Joko Widodo, it got passed into law later in 2020. It is called the Omnibus Law. The business sector praised it. The environmental and labour groups have more complicated relationship with President Widodo who was elected into power with early populist support, including among civil society organizations, including environmental and labour movements. How did the labour movements that used to be friendly to and supportive to Jokowi (the popular nickname of the president) react to the Omnibus Law?

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Saifullah, Aip. (2020, December 18). Labor movement responses to the Indonesian Omnibus Law. Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2105/55878