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2 umbrella unions stage large-scale rallies in Seoul 2024-11-09 [Yonhap]

South Korea desperately needs more care workers – but low-paid migrants are not the answer, say unions 2024-10-29 [Equal Times]

Major union, activists call for right of undocumented migrants to stay in Korea 2024-10-22 [The Times]

Unionized workers at Seoul Natl. Univ. Hospital decide to strike starting Oct. 31 2024-10-20 [Korea Herald]

Workers from Seoul National University Hospital will go on strike indefinitely from the 31st. 2024-10-19 [MK]

Samsung Union Demands Lifting of Restrictions on AI Tools Like ChatGPT 2024-10-18 [Business Korea]

GGM faces strike as wage dispute undermines no-union, no-strike deal 2024-10-18 [The Chosun Daily]

Samsung struggles with unions on both domestic and international fronts amid profit slump 2024-10-16 [Digitimes]

Renault Korea, union reach wage deal after labour strike 2024-10-12 [Weekly Voice]

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Union Goes on Strike 2024-10-08 [Business Korea]

A facilitator’s perspectives on Teacher-led Learning Circles on Formative Assessment 2024-10-02 [Education International]

Samsung’s Approach To Labour Union Problems Are Rooted In South Korea’s History 2024-09-27 [The Core]

SK Hynix union rejects proposed wage agreement, demands more in wake of surging profits 2024-09-12 [DCD]

Unionized office workers at SK hynix vote to accept wage offer 2024-09-11 [The Times]

Unionized workers of SK hynix reject tentative wage deal 2024-09-10 [The Times]

Parties, gov't move to form consultative body with doctors to end medical crisis 2024-09-09 [The Korea Times]

Samsung, labor union likely to resume wage talks in early October 2024-08-30 [Yonhap]

Shipbuilding workers commence joint strike 2024-08-28 [The Chosun Daily]

Union of nurses, and medical workers votes to decide whether to strike over pay raise 2024-08-19 [Daiji World]

Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics to launch four-day strike 2024-08-14 [Korea Herald]

Samsung Electronics' main South Korea union to strike over pay from Thursday 2024-08-13 [Reuters]

Samsung's unio n telss members to return to work as it eyes prolonging strike 2024-08-01 [The Korea Herald]

Women's players forced to change in public, compete in extreme heat at Korea's biggest tournament 2024-08-11 [FIFPRO]

Asiana Airlines union requests EU probe suitability of Air Incheon's purchase of company cargo biz 2024-08-06 [The Times]

Samsung labor union orders members back to work and a 'tactical transition' to ongoing action 2024-08-06 [The Register]

Samsung Employees Return to Work After Strike Fails to Win Concessions 2024-08-05 [The Times]

Korea's powerful labor group seeks to embrace 421,000 undocumented migrant workers 2024-08-01 [Korea Times]

Biggest union decries labor minister nomination as 'anti-labor disaster' 2024-07-31 [Yonhap]

Assembly panel defers 'yellow envelope bill' 2024-07-24 [The Herald]

Unionized Tongyang, ABL Life workers demand continued employment 2024-07-24 [The Times]

Labour Union Of Samsung Holds Rally Ahead Of Talks 2024-07-22 [MENA FN]

Samsung Union Plans Another Rally on Monday as Talks Continue 2024-07-21 [Bloomberg]

Samsung Electronics and striking union to resume talks on Friday 2024-07-20 [Reuters]

Samsung Workers Strike for the First Time in the Company's 55-Year History 2024-07-19 [Labor Notes]

Korea’s Samsung Workers Are Striking for the Very First Time 2024-07-18 [Jacobin]

Samsung electronics workers announce indefinite strike 2024-07-12 [IndustriALL]

Parliamentary subcommittee passes pro-labor 'yellow envelope bill' 2024-07-16 [Yonhap]

Indefinite strike at Samsung enters second week 2024-07-16 [Peoples Dispatch]

Why women making Samsung's semiconductors are on strike 2024-07-16 [News Bytes]

Workers on Samsung’s 8-in chip line to collectively file for workers’ comp 2024-07-16 [Hankyoreh]

Mangled fingers, no time off: Why the women who make Samsung’s semiconductors are striking 2024-07-15 [Hankyoreh]

Trainee doctors show little signs of returning as hospitals set to complete accepting their resignations 2024-07-15 [Korea Herald]

Hyundai Motor union secures wage deal without strike for 6th consecutive year 2024-07-14 [ET Auto]

Samsung union changes strike strategy | Latest News | World Business Watch 2024-07-14 [WION]

Samsung Electronics workers begin three-day strike to enforce demand for pay rise 2024-07-11 [AP]

Why Are Samsung Workers On Strike? 2024-07-11 [The Pinnacle Gazette]

Defying threats of replacement, thousands of Samsung workers go on indefinite strike 2024-07-11 [Peoples Dispatch]

Samsung union in South Korea declares indefinite strike 2024-07-11 [Deutsche Welle]

Thousands of Samsung workers are striking indefinitely: Profits have increased 15-fold but union members say paychecks haven’t budged 2024-07-11 [Fortune]

Samsung faces labour struggle at home as union stages indefinite strike 2024-07-11 [The Korea Herald]

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