Age of Strikes in Yogyakarta, Sweet Profits and Bitter Wages in Sugar Factories | Balairungpress
Unable to bear witnessing the workers’ exploitation by the sugar factories, Soerjopranoto launched a series of strikes that kept entrepreneurs awake at night from 1915 onward. Yet it was only after nearly five years that the movement gradually faded, as subsidies were issued and wages were raised. Introduction The liberal …
