Download or read book An Introduction to the Politics of the Indonesian Union Movement written by Maxwell Lane and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2019-07-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In this most significant contemporary study of Indonesian trade unions and the broader working class, Max Lane provides a concise and informed examination of the practical and ideological challenges of incipient labour organizations engaged in political and popular struggles in an underdeveloped nation. This detailed and highly informative book evokes similar historical and comparative struggles of exploited workers worldwide and is indispensable for students of labour movements in the Global South.” —Immanuel Ness, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York, author of Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class