LEGAL PLURALISM: THE SOLUTION OF LABOR CONFLICTS IN MINING

Labor conflicts in mining, especially related to the empowerment of local workers (mining circles) still exist, settlement through legal channels still does not meet the sense of justice of the parties so that the legal pluralism approach is used in conflict resolution in order to achieve justice for each party. furthermore, the problem in this study is first, how labor conflicts in mining occur in the Mandailing Natal Regency and Bandung Regency today, and secondly how legal pluralism is a solution to labor conflicts in mining. This research is a qualitative research with a type of empirical legal research in the form of socio-legal research, which uses interview and observation data as primary data in the study. The conclusion of this study is first that the labor conflicts in mining that occur have not provided a satisfactory solution for each party so that substantive justice is not accommodated in its resolution. Second, the settlement using the legal pluralism approach in several conflicts studied shows that the legal pluralism approach provides the best conflict solution and provides substantive justice for each party.