South Korea workers
South Korean lawmakers pass landmark labor bill, amid rising trade union mobilizations
The “yellow envelope bill” is an outcome of years of labor mobilizations demanding reforms of existing labor laws, in the aftermath of workers suppression in the SsangYong Motors strike of 2009
Thousands rally for labour protections, public services in South Korea and other stories
Today we look at the 2022 People’s Rally against inequality in South Korea, the killing of 23 year old Ashling Murphy in Ireland, and more
For the dismissed workers of the 2009 Ssangyong motors strike, the struggle continues
The 2009 Ssangyong strike took place in a post economic recession scenario, where the recession had been used by international capital as a justification for the crackdown on unionization and workers’ rights
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