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tenable
because of their weak position financially, union officials easily coopted. 
not uncommon for the union local (basis) to be run by management nominees (rather than elected officials)
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feeling that FBSI cannot or will not help them has led aggrieved workers to approach LBH (Lenbaga Bantuan Hykam) or to petition parliament directly
this reluctance on the part of [[strikethrough]] workers [[strikethrough]] to approach FSBI was remarked on in the press ((when?)) and may have embarrassed FSBI into being more responsive to its constituents 

in general arbitration tribunals (p4) have not been called on to settle wage disputes, perhaps because employees were skeptical about the likelihood of a body under government control awarding increases
since no strike is legal unless all processes available have been exhausted, almost all strikes which occurred recently were technically illegal; however, the press frequently treats strikes with [[?]] some sympathy, 

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and the police are now more reluctant (particularly in Jak.) to interfere with peaceful strikes. 
official doctrine on Pancasila Industrial Relations (Hubringan Perburuhan [[?]] Pancasila) is that strikes are unnecessary, so workers who lead the, are frequently summarily dismissed and often not defended by FBSI which is, acc. to author "often happy to cooperate with employees in getting rid of [[strikethrough]] trouble makers"

law requires employees to register their internal labour regulations with the Labour Dept. and firms employing above 100 workers must recognize unions on demand and negotiate collective labour agreements with them
on rhe whole foreign firms more likely to be pressured by the authorities to adhere to these laws, though some domestic firms are too
strikes are risky, but nonetheless becoming more frequent
another alternative is "go-slows" effective earlier  this  y [[?]] in putting pressure on foreign banks this May (82), for the last time, a union