PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences ISSN 2454-5899 Available Online at: http://grdspublishing.org/ 1175 Hasanah & Kosandi, 2017 Volume 3 Issue 2, pp.1175-1191 Date of Publication: 12 th October, 2017 DOI-https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2017.32.11751191 This paper can be cited as: Hasanah, R., & Kosandi, M. (2017). The Resistance Movement of Indonesian Railways Workers Union (SPKA) against Pt. Kereta API (Persero) in Post Reform. PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2), 1175-1191. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT OF INDONESIAN RAILWAYS WORKERS UNION (SPKA) AGAINST PT. KERETA API (PERSERO) IN POST REFORM Rury Uswatun Hasanah Department of Political Science, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia ruryuswatunhasanah@gmail.com Meidi Kosandi Department of Political Science, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia mkosandi@yahoo.com Abstract The momentum of freedom after the New Order regime was utilized by railway workers to establish the Indonesian Railways Workers Union (SPKA) on 13 September 1999. The existence of SPKA is a place in voicing the demand for civil servant status and welfare improvement as a result of the Decree of the Minister of Transportation No.18 on Dismissal of Employees as Civil Servants of the Railway Service Company (PJKA). The return of civil servant status becomes more difficult to be realized when the company returns to PT. Kereta Api (Persero) thus strengthening the SPKA to conduct resistance movement against the company post-Reformation. This study aims to explain how the SPKA movement takes advantage of political opportunities in order to urge the government and company to fulfill their demands. The object of research that becomes the author's focus is SPKA in launching the struggle movement demanding the return of civil servant status and the improvement of welfare. Using a documentary study and depth