SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Non-regular workers in the public sector staged a general strike nationwide on Wednesday under the orchestration of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), a militant labor umbrella group. About 26,000 of some 200,000 non-regular public employees affiliated with the KCTU took part in the strike scheduled to continue [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A major umbrella labor group said Monday it will stage a general strike next month to protest what it calls the liberal Moon Jae-in government’s suppression of the labor sector. The announcement by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) followed the arrest of its chairman Kim Myeong-hwan on [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – With 11 Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) employees succumbing to injuries caused by work accidents last year, the shipbuilding company is facing criticism as well as the misfortune of being labeled the worst corporation with regard to workplace safety, with some of the harshest critics using the word ‘murder’ to describe [...]
ULSAN, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Unionists from subcontractors of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will stage a campaign against HHI chairman Chung Mong-joon’s bid for election as FIFA chairman in Switzerland, where the headquarters of the International Labor Organization (ILO) are located. The Ulsan branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and trade unions from HHI [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In the same apartment complex in Seoul’s posh Apgujeong-dong where a janitor set himself on fire due to mistreatment by a mean resident in early October, another incident occurred involving a resident who hit a security guard in the nose for staring at him. According to the Gangnam District Policy [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Seventy eight security guards working at an apartment in posh Apgujeong-dong, southern Seoul, where a janitor set himself on fire due to mistreatment by a mean resident, are in danger of being fired. All of them got pre-notice of discharge on November 19 and 20. It is suspected to [...]