The dormitory was very uncomfortable, she shared a three by six meter room with 11 other workers. The toilet was placed 80 meters from her room, and they had to queue up to use it. At the work place, the situation wasn't any better. Her team leader and supervisor were very rude to every worker. Her supervisor yelled at them and cursed them all the time, calling them "monkey", "pig", "stupid" or "dumb."...~~~Read more at http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=116 Against the background of the 32-year Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia, Dita Sari was born in Jakarta in December 1972. She first became involved in political activism when she took part in a student demonstration in support of human rights in 1992. Shortly after, she gave up her studies and took to organising workers in an illegal trade union- the first independent union in Indonesia- and leading strike actions for economic and social justice. Having been detained, harassed, beaten and sexually abused by the military on numerous occasions, she was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 1996 for ‘sedition,’ after leading 20 000 striking workers in a non-violent march on the Tandes industrial area to protest labour conditions. From prison she continued to lead her movement,....~~~ Read more on Dita Sari at http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=112 Prominent women’s labor rights activist Dita Indah Sari has rejected a $50,000 human rights award from sporting apparel giant Reebok in protest against the meager salaries the company pays its Indonesian factory workers. She said it would have been hypocritical to accept the money, even though it could have been used to fund her cause to improve the conditions of Indonesian laborers.....~~~ Read more at http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=75 Help us raise the $50,000! Solidarity appeal for indonesian workers : more details and how you can help; see http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=119