Working to overseas might give some benefits to the Indonesian
labors. They believe that working to overseas give them more welfare than
working in the Indonesia. This circumstance happens for it is hard for them to
get jobs. So, they cannot fulfill their daily needs unless they have great
intelligence, skill, and great financial capital. Even educated people are hard
to get proper jobs in this country. However, the Indonesian labors do not
really get their real welfares after working to overseas. Even, they get
violence from their masters. Have a look at the Indonesian labors issue working
in Malaysia; all of them do not get their salaries after working for many
years. Consequently, the Indonesian government makes them go back to the
Indonesia. The other issue is violence. Some years ago, we have Lisa, an
Indonesian labor getting violence from her master. She got mercury splash from
her master at her face. Consequently, she has to make over her face by doing
plastic surgery for many times. Yet, the result has not seen completely the
same as her original face. In other words, we can say that working to overseas
does not really change our economical status. Most the Indonesian workers get
more disadvantages than the benefits. That is why we believe that the
Indonesian government should ban sending the Indonesian labors to overseas as the Indonesian labors do not get their
welfares, worsens the relations between the Indonesian and other countries, and
stimulate other countries to underestimate the Indonesian.
There are some reasons why the Indonesian government should ban
sending Indonesian labors to overseas. Firstly, the Indonesian labors do not
get their welfare. The evidence is those who work overseas do not rich enough
even get higher economical class when they come back to their hometowns. In
fact, there solo aim to work overseas is to be a rich people in their
hometowns. This happens due to the fact that the Indonesian labors are
unskillful, uneducated, unprotected, and unsupervised. They are only able to be
a servant since most of them are Elementary School graduate even uneducated
people at all. Moreover, they are not protected by the law. So, there is no
justification to protect and supervise them if they get any problems, crimes,
or harassments from their masters. That is why the Indonesian labors are low
cost. Meanwhile, overseas people, who are obedient, dignity, and rich who can
be seen from their way of lives; in which they are a businessman, obey all the
laws and rules made by their governments, and they have much money. However,
they demand on cheap labors. So, overseas people believe that they can do
everything they want to their low-cost labors. However, they are, as a human
being must be treated properly as human being, although they are unskillful,
uneducated, an low-cost.
Secondly, their bad assumptions toward Indonesian labors might
stimulate them to underestimate Indonesian people. They believe that uneducated
people are stupid, so they can trick us easily. It has been proven that
Australian government demand on their intervention given to the Indonesian
during Tsunami happened some years ago to some of their citizens getting death
penalties. In this case, we can see that the Australian government think that
Indonesian people really demand on money for Indonesia is a develop country
which lack of capitalism modal. It seems to money is the most important thing
for Indonesian people. This issue really underestimates Indonesian people. Once
a country overseas underestimates us, there would be more other countries do.
Thirdly, labors problems worsen the relations between the
Indonesian and countries overseas. Have a look at the recent problem between
one of the Indonesian labors in Arab Saudi and her masters, or the Indonesian
labors in Malaysia that they do not get their welfares for many years. It
stimulates a gap and conflict between Indonesian government and countries overseas
for Indonesian government demand on justice for their labors, while other
countries overseas really protect their citizens, even if they are wrong or
make mistakes.
Some people may say that working overseas might be the best choice
for most of countries overseas have high salaries standard. So, they will get
more income. This assumption is really nonsense as without working to overseas
they are able to get money. For instance, they can use their skills to sell
something edible such crisp, Javanese pancake called weci or ote –
ote in some regions, etc. the other choices are they can be a bricklayer,
construction laborer, art worker, and many other jobs rather than working to
overseas and only being a servant. Compared to the Indonesia, the servants’ salaries
are high enough; it is about 1 up to 2 million rupiahs. This amount of money is
really able to fulfill their daily needs for a month. Another reason is there
are many big companies absorbing jobless people for they have more income and
they can save their money to get labors. In other words, we help overseas
people to be richer.
Other people might also believe that they will get higher social
status when they come back to their hometowns. Yet, this belief is not
acceptable at all for they only focus on money instead of focusing on safety
and welfare. The point of justification is that working in Indonesia is safer
than in other countries overseas. In Indonesia, their native country, they are
protected by the Indonesian constitution that Indonesian people get protection
from the government and any other institutions working in this side. So, they
would not get violence easily. Even if they are violated, they get
justification obviously.
Other people might argue that working in overseas which have western
culture would be more honored. However, it is really rejected. Have a look at this
case, compared to Indonesian labors working in Indonesia, they already known
their cultures since they are the indigenous people of Indonesia. It helps them
work properly and behave in good ways toward their masters and so do the
masters. So, the relations between the labors and their masters run completely
well. In contrast, looking at the Indonesian labors overseas that the
construction labors play “hide and seek” with the policemen there for they have
to show their identities wherever they meet the police as the evidence that
they are legal workers. In addition, they also live in an overload bad
settlement for they live in a minor society. If they work in Indonesia, they
will get proper treatments and settlements as they are same nation and live in
major societies.
All in all, sending Indonesian labors to overseas stimulates more
negatives effects than the positive ones. Firstly, the Indonesian labors do not
get their welfares. Secondly, it stimulates countries overseas to underestimate
the Indonesian people. Thirdly, it worsens the relations between the Indonesia
and other countries overseas. Due to these facts, the Indonesian government
should ban sending labors to overseas for the points I explained above.
Reference:
http://www.tribunnews.com/bisnis/2015/01/18/kemenaker-gaji-pembantu-rumah-tangga-minimal-rp-12-juta\
By: NAILAH
SA’DIYATUL FITRIAH
Public
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