[3] According to Said, he worked for 30 years at multinational companies, and upon his retirement received a severance pay of "billions" of rupiah.

[4] Said's labour activism began in 1992, when he worked at an electronics factory in Bekasi Regency.

[6] In 2012, he was elected as president of the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation, and was reelected by acclamation in 2017.

[11] He is a deputy member of the International Labour Organization's governing body for the 2021–2024 term.

[14] Said stated that the Labour Party would not form a coalition with any political parties supporting the Omnibus Law,[15] but would instead form coalitions with 2024 presidential candidates on a "personal" basis with a campaign team separate to the candidate's official campaign team.