EVENT INFORMATION

3
December
1957

Indonesian workers occupy KPM offices during Dutch-company nationalization

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๐Ÿ“… 3 December 1957 ๐Ÿ“ Indonesiรซ

Labor actions against Dutch-owned companies escalated after the Netherlands refused to transfer West New Guinea. Indonesian law later treated 3 December 1957 as the effective date for nationalization of Dutch firms. Workers and the state challenged colonial-era economic control as well as Dutch political pressure.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Indonesian trade unionists

Sukarno government

Organisaties in dit Evenement

KPM

Indonesian labor unions

Republic of Indonesia