Rasjid Siregar was an Indonesian labour leader who served as commissioner (commissaris) of the Sarbupri (Sarekat Buruh Perkebunan Republik Indonesia, the Republic of Indonesia Plantation Workers’ Union). In February 1950, he accompanied the first survey party of seven planters — drawn from the Société Financière des Caoutchoucs, the Netherlands Trading Company (Ned. Handel Mij.), and the State Agricultural Enterprises (Landslandbouwbedrijven) — that flew from Medan to Kotaradja to assess the situation of the plantation enterprises in Atjeh.
Role
The inclusion of a Sarbupri commissioner in the survey party reflected the central role that labour relations played in the reopening of the Atjeh plantations. The Sarbupri, along with the Perbupri (Persatuan Buruh Perkebunan Republik Indonesia), had been at the forefront of labour organising on the East Coast plantations, and the survey parties were dispatched in the context of labour disputes that had been considered by the P4D and P4P arbitral commissions.
Source
Oostkust van Sumatra-Instituut Mededeling No. 37: Deli-Figuren uit de jaren 1950 t/m 1952, compiled by Ir. F. J. J. Dootjes (Amsterdam, 1953).