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IT unions call for greater scrutiny and accountability of big tech

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IT unions call for greater scrutiny and accountability of big tech [UNI Global Union] 30-04-2026


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



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IT unions call for greater scrutiny and accountability of big tech 2026-04-30 [UNI Global Union]

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]

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

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]

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]

This month in labour history

22-05-2003 The Korean Government Employees Union, a public workers union, sticks to its previous plan to conduct a ballot on a strike desite government threats. [more]