Bogor, W Java, Dec. 21 -- Indonesian labor unions must strengthen research-based advocacy, social dialogue and financial literacy to prepare members for shifts in the national economic structure and state corporate policy, management accounting expert Daryanto Hesti Wibowo said.

A data-driven approach is essential to ensure unions move beyond reactive rhetoric and can offer concrete solutions that support stable industrial relations, Daryanto told ANTARA in Cisarua, Bogor, on Saturday night.

He said the approach is increasingly relevant for unions at state-owned enterprises, including the ANTARA Workers Union, following plans by Danantara Indonesia to cut the number of SOEs and thousands of subsidiaries.

The plan, reported by Kompas on...