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The Ssangyong Motor Company strike and plant occupation in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, ended after 77 days on Aug. 5. For the 976 workers who seized the small auto plant on May 22 and held it against repeated quasi-military assault, the settlement signed by Ssangyong court receivership manager Park (…)
Dear Friends and comrades,
Today the strike is over, and a possible catastrophe was evaded. I’m adding a short piece and attaching the polished version of my previous August 5 article.
The Struggle Is Not Over!
WON Youngsu
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Report from South Korea: August 6th, (…)
Urgent update below (attached)
Yesterday, the company goons ripped apart the shelters of solidarity supporters encamped outside the plant and arrested KMWU Vice President WOO, Byeong-kuk at the scene. When the news of the all-out raid spread, a swell of workers and students kept streaming to (…)
Solidarity with the Ssangyong Motors workers!
From “Solidaires”
The French labor union center “Solidaires” expresses its full solidarity to the Ssangyong Motors workers.
We protests energetically against the violence of police repression. We denounce this very grave human rights violation. (…)
See alos:
Amnesty International: South Korea: Call for unimpeded access to food, water and necessary medical treatment for Ssanyong striking workers
KCTU: Stop Police Suppression against the Striking workers of Ssangyong Motors!
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On Mon, Aug 3, 2009
KMWU (…)
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT
Date: 31 July 2009
AI Index: ASA 25/007/2009
South Korea: Call for unimpeded access to food, water and necessary medical treatment for Ssanyong striking workers
Amnesty International today called on the South Korean government to ensure that (…)
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions The KCTU firmly condemns the police clamp-down on striking workers of Ssangyong Motors, which restarted in the morning of July 20th despite repetitious warnings from the KCTU, and strongly demands the immediate withdrawal of riot police from the Ssangyong (…)
South Korea’s economy could weather the 1997 1998 Asian financial crisis within a short period of time, jumping on the bandwagon of America’s temporary economic boom. However, as the IT bubble bursted and credit card crisis loomed, Korea’s growth began to slow down. With the meltdown of US (…)
The G-20 member countries, which comprise 85% of global gross national product and 80% of world trade, met last November in Washington, D.C. They will again hold their leaders’ summit in London on coming April 2. In light of worsening global economic crisis, these member countries are claiming (…)
1. Summary of the Incidence
At 6 a.m. on 20th January, people who were asking for solutions to avoid eviction in February in Youngsan-Gu, Seoul lost their lives as a consequence of violent oppression from the police. A 1500 strong police force was dispatched to disperse about 50 protesters. (…)
Yesterday May 15th, the South Korean Ministry of Justice and Immigration Authorities carried out the rushed and secretive deportation of MTU President Torna Limbu and Vice President Abdus Sabur. The deportation occurred at the same time as actions protesting the targeted arrests of the two MTU (…)
Introduction
Despite the dedication and determined struggle of migrant workers in South Korea over the past decade it has to be admitted that the movement is still comparatively underdeveloped- it has yet to develop a national center and lacks material and human resources, a strong (…)
ABSTRACT
Similar to patterns that have been played out in Spain and Portugal (1974-76) as well as in Brazil (1978-83) since the mid-1970’s, the Korean working class in the late 1980’s destroyed the foundations of a decades-old military dictatorship with remarkable mass strikes in the years (…)
Stop the crackdown and deportations! Legalize all undocumented migrant workers!
Stop the repression against MTU and migrant workers’ organizing!
Stop the worsening of immigration law! Remembering Yeosu
A year ago February 11th a tragic fire broke out at the Yeosu Foreigners’ Detention (…)
Various organizations, trade unions, social movements and coalitions have come together in a joint effort to stir public discourse and articulate their concern for the current local and global situation: neo-liberal policies, unaddressed discrimination, and war. Participants in the “Social (…)
Tens of thousands (Tongil News reported 45,000, the mainstream media around 20,000/but the organizers expected between 100,000 and 200,000.. “at least”) of South Korean workers, farmers, students, anti-war and civil right activists defended today their right to demonstrate on the occasion of the (…)
Tetra Pak International managers in Switzerland have accepted a proposal from the Economic Department of the Vaud Canton to hold another meeting with a delegation of Korea trade unionists, members of ICEM-affiliated Korean Chemical and Textile Workers’ Federation (KCTF). The meeting, agreed to (…)
Union, Management Should Find Compromise Solution
The Korean Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU) and cargo dealers of the Korean Transport Workers’ Union (KTWU) plan to go on a joint strike from today. The KRWU and Korail have been in dispute over the unionists’ demand for reinstatement of fired (…)
The coming Social Movements Forum in Korea will take place 30 August-2 September 2007 at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul. For more information, please contact with “smf jinbo.net” (Mikyung Ryu).
Betrayal of Democratization for 20 years
Two decades have passed since 1987’s ’June Democratic (…)
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) Monthly Newsletter July, 2007 [Press Statement] We urge the Korean Government and the International Community to call upon the US to take adequate measures for kidnapped Koreans by Taliban in Afghanistan Another of the Koreans being held by the (…)
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