"Indonesian labor federation reported a Chinese energy firm CITIC Seram Energy for rights violations", 24 Jul 2016

The Eastern Indonesia Oil and Gas Labor Union Federation has reported a Chinese energy firm, CITIC Seram Energy Ltd. (CSEL), to the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas) and the Manpower Ministry for punishing workers for being involved in a labor union.

The federation chairman…said three CSEL employees…have been discharged from the field since April. The company refused to deploy them after they started to lead the union…to fight for labor rights.

CSEL's human resources manager…said the management thinks that the three employees are no longer in line with their 'corporate' vision. Thus, the company offered them a mutual termination agreement (MAT)…However they have yet to respond to the MAT offer until now. Consequently, the company decided to put a hold on their deployment to the field"…The federation has requested SKKMigas and the Manpower Ministry to mediate the dispute. Currently, both sides were waiting for the institution’s response.