JohnFeb 20, 2025

#SouthKorea: government sentences #union activists to prison after threatening to break #strike with commandos and special forces

https://www.industriall-union.org/unjust-conviction-of-korean-unionists-at-hanwha-ocean

#unions #strikes #LaborRights #Tongyeong #Changwon #HanwhaOcean #KMWU #KimHyoungSu #YooChoiAhn #LeeKimChunTaek #Geoje #Okpo #DSME #Hanwha #YoonSukYeol #ICCPR #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar

Unjust conviction of Korean unionists at Hanwha Ocean

The Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court in South Korea has convicted 28 subcontracted shipbuilding workers at Hanwha Ocean of "obstruction of business" following their 51-day strike in 2022, part of their struggle for union recognition.

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JohnDec 7, 2024

#SouthKorea: people flooded the streets and rushed to Parliament and broke through the blockade. This allowed the National Assembly to block the #MartialLaw 190 to 0

https://www.tuedglobal.org/bulletins/all-power-to-the-korean-labour-movement-and-general-strike

#solidarity #strike #strikes #union #unions #YookSukYeol #KCTU #KPTU #KMWU #impeachment #treason #GeneralStrike #capitalism #corruption #exploitation #ClassWar

TRADE UNIONS FOR ENERGY DEMOCRACY

JohnJul 20, 2023

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2023/07/129_355359.html

Korean #MetalWorkers' #Union want justice for killed #Hyundai #employees

"The #LaborMinistry has neither carried out a special #labor inspection nor punished the company supervisors". The law can send a company's #CEO to jail if a serious worksite accident occurs where the company has not taken sufficient safety precautions.

#KMWU #Korea #unions #capitalism #WorkplaceSafety #UnionStrong

Hyundai BNG Steel hit for repeated fatal industrial accidents

Calls are growing for a thorough investigation into repeated fatal industrial accidents at Hyundai BNG Steel and for stern measures against people who are responsible for the accidents.

The Korea Times