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Unions to Continue Their Fight for Workers' Rights [PSI] 02-07-2025

Labour pains as Atwoli ages and workers' wages remain stagnant [The Standard] 01-05-2025

/ Korea Fostering peace through education: A priority for Japanese and Korean unions [Education International] 28-05-2024

healthcare workers call for immediate end to doctors’ strike [UNI Global Union] 02-04-2024

KHMU Demands Post-Pandemic Government Budget Support for Public Hospitals [UNI Global Union] 22-12-2023

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Unions to Continue Their Fight for Workers' Rights 2025-07-02 [PSI]

Labour pains as Atwoli ages and workers' wages remain stagnant 2025-05-01 [The Standard]

Railway workers to strike starting Monday 2024-11-18 [Korea JoongAng Daily]

Korea Tamil Nadu Why hundreds of Samsung workers are protesting 2024-09-19 [BBC]

Workers at one union of Samsung Electronics plan first-ever strike 2024-05-30 [NHK WORLD-JAPAN]

Korea Fostering peace through education: A priority for Japanese and Korean unions 2024-05-28 [Education International]

healthcare workers call for immediate end to doctors’ strike 2024-04-02 [UNI Global Union]

KHMU Demands Post-Pandemic Government Budget Support for Public Hospitals 2023-12-22 [UNI Global Union]

Motive of spy agency’s raid on umbrella union office called into question 2023-01-20 [Hankyoreh]

Korean truckers union vote to end strike 2022-12-09 [YNA]

Truckers union to vote on whether to continue strike 2022-12-09 [YNA]

VIDEO Korea Korean KCTU Plans General Strike On 10/20/21 For Equality & Against Repression by Moon Government For more info 2021-10-04 [LVP]

Coupang workers: “First of all, ‘safe workplace', not ‘delivery without setbacks'” 2021-06-24 [News Directory 3]

https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-09/victory-korea-teachers-union-wins-seven-year-fight-recognition 2020-09-11 [Workersliberty]

Global KHMU hosts Virtual International Conference on COVID-19 and Role of Care Unions 2020-07-06 [UNI Global Union]

Korea KPTU Statement in Solidarity with Anti-racism Protests 2020-06-08 [KPTU]

Korea KPTU Marks May Day Calling for Protections for All Workers 2020-05-01 [KPTU]

Korea The Covid-19 crisis must be used as an opportunity to expand public services 2020-04-10 [KPTU]

GM Korea agrees pay freeze with union 2020-03-28 [just-auto]

Korea Fighting for protections for airport workers 2020-03-25 [KPTU]

Korea (South) ILO ‘Road Safety and Decent Work' Guidelines and Korean truck drivers' fight for Safe Rates ActNOW! 2019-11-29 [KPTU]

KHMU-Busan National University Hospital union leaders on hunger strike for 28 days 2019-07-26 [UNI Global Union]

Korea KPTU Statement on Government Measures Concerning Death of Kim Yong-gyun 2019-02-05 [KPTU]

KB union withdraws plans for 2nd strike 2019-01-21 [koreatimes]

Samsung apologizes over sicknesses, deaths of some workers 2018-11-23 [The Times-Union]

Malaysia Samsung should try imagining a world where big firms respect workers 2018-11-09 [Guardian]

Samsung executive grilled over alleged labor union sabotage 2018-05-08 [Korea Times]

Disputes with temporary workers add to GM Korea's challenges 2018-03-19 [Reuter]

Korea The 5,000 Malaysians working and staying illegally in South Korea ‘living underground' 2018-03-13 [thestar]

GM Korea to Slash Executive Numbers, Talks With Union Make Little Progress 2018-03-01 [news18]

Vietnam Was Your Samsung Smartphone Built in a Southeast Asian Sweatshop? 2018-01-02 [The Nation]

Hyundai Motor union blasted for excessive demands 2017-05-03 [The Times]

Teachers' union members at odds with ministry 2017-04-20 [koreatimes]

Employers, labor apart over shorter working hours 2017-03-23 [koreatimes]