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Indonesian Garment Worker
"I dream about clean work, free from oppression, free from exploitation"
"I dream about clean work, free from oppression, free from exploitation."
At 21 Emi Sukarni led a strike against her employers at an underwear factory in Jakarta, Indonesia. The strike - over working conditions - was peaceful, but Emi lost her job.
She describes her growing disillusion with bosses, and the humiliating conditions in a cheap labour force.
