Union campaign leads to South Korea ratifying core ILO Conventions5 March, 2021After decades of incessant union campaigning for international labour standards, South Korea has ratified ILO Conventions 87, 98 and 29.
Global steel company POSCO guilty of corporate manslaughter, says union7 January, 2021A pattern of fatal accidents at the global steel company will only be resolved when workers’ have the right to organize freely and participate in safety systems, says the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU).
Global steel company POSCO guilty of corporate manslaughter, says union7 January, 2021A pattern of fatal accidents at the global steel company will only be resolved when workers’ have the right to organize freely and participate in safety systems, says the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU).
Samsung must stop delaying collective bargaining22 December, 2020IndustriALL affiliate Federation of Korean Metalworkers' Trade Unions (FKMTU) calls on Samsung Group to stop using delaying tactics in collective agreement negotiations and to accept the union’s demands.
Samsung must stop delaying collective bargaining22 December, 2020IndustriALL affiliate Federation of Korean Metalworkers' Trade Unions (FKMTU) calls on Samsung Group to stop using delaying tactics in collective agreement negotiations and to accept the union’s demands.
Korean metalworkers' warning strike2 December, 2020On 30 November, over 80,000 metalworkers downed tools at hundreds of workplaces across Korea in a national warning strike against the government’s proposed labour law revisions, now in parliament.
Huelga de advertencia de los trabajadores metalúrgicos de Corea2 December, 2020El 30 de noviembre, en cientos de lugares de trabajo de toda Corea, más de 80.000 trabajadores metalúrgicos suspendieron sus actividades para realizar una huelga de advertencia nacional contra las revisiones de la legislación laboral propuestas por el gobierno, que ahora se están tratando en el Parlamento.
Korean metalworkers' warning strike2 December, 2020On 30 November, over 80,000 metalworkers downed tools at hundreds of workplaces across Korea in a national warning strike against the government’s proposed labour law revisions, now in parliament.
Nationwide demonstrations against regressive labour law in Korea18 November, 2020Tens of thousands of workers demonstrated across South Korea on 14 November, calling on the MOON Jae-in government to withdraw a regressive labour law revision and enact the “CHUN, Tae-il Act”, as workers commemorate the 50th year since the self-immolation of Korean labour martyr CHUN, Tae-il.
Nationwide demonstrations against regressive labour law in Korea18 November, 2020Tens of thousands of workers demonstrated across South Korea on 14 November, calling on the MOON Jae-in government to withdraw a regressive labour law revision and enact the “CHUN, Tae-il Act”, as workers commemorate the 50th year since the self-immolation of Korean labour martyr CHUN, Tae-il.
