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EXPLOITED AND ILLEGALISED: The Lives of Palm Oil Migrant Workers in Sabah
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EXPLOITED AND ILLEGALISED: The Lives of Palm Oil Migrant Workers in Sabah

2020-01-17

Migrant workers are responsible for Malaysia’s success as one of the world’s largest palm oil producers. Palm oil development began in the 1970s, thus beginning the industry’s heavy reliance on migrant workers.

Sabah, the second-largest palm oil producer amongst Malaysian states, harbors a significant number of workers, accounting for 50% of Sabah workforce and 39.5% of the total migrant work force in Malaysia.

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Agricultural Workers’ Struggle in Asia

2010-03-01

Issue No: 74 January - March 2010

  • Editorial: Globalized agricultural workers: feeding the world, uncertain of their own next meals
  • Contract Farming and Riverine Aquaculture - The Realities of the ‘Slave Contract’ and the Risks those Farmers Must Bear
  • Struggle of Tea Plantation Workers in North East India
  • Pineapple Giant Moves to Unseat Militant Union
  • Strengthening the Peasant and Plantation Workers' Movement in North Sumatra
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Strengthening the Peasant and Plantation Workers' Movement in North Sumatra

2010-03-01

Issue No: 74 January - March 2010

By Manginar Situmorang

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