NEXT X KSN: SEKAR 2025 is a participatory critical education training co-organised by AktivAsia's NEXT programme and Konfederasi Serikat Nasional (KSN), held in October 2025 in Jakarta. The 3-day residential programme brings together 20 workers and union members to explore structural alternatives to wage struggle — specifically collective consumption planning and worker economic independence. Through the "From Wage Illusion to Collective Economic Strength" curriculum, participants build concrete pilot project plans to launch collective buying cooperatives within their respective unions.
⚒️ SEKAR is for workers and union members ready to explore economic power beyond the wage struggle.
Who should apply:
· Active union members and leaders from KSN-affiliated unions
· Labour organisers and worker advocates who facilitate internal union education
· Workers interested in cooperative economics, collective consumption, or union solidarity
· Anyone curious about worker economic independence — no economics background required
What our 2025 alumni looked like:
20 participants from KSN unions including:
· 🏭 SBI RS Premier (hospital worker union)
· 🧵 KOPERDJA (workers' savings and loans cooperative)
· 🤝 Individual union members from the greater Jakarta area
What participants say:
"This training can be an alternative solution to the wage struggle." — Priya Triariopanji
"It helped expand my knowledge and added new colour to how we learn from each other." — SEKAR graduate
No prior economic or organising training required — only lived experience as a worker.
