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20,000 bank workers rally in Seoul for nationwide strike [UNI Global Union] 2022-09-23

Financial workers stage nationwide strike [The Herald] 2022-09-16

Unionized financial workers to strike nationwide [Crisis 24] 2022-09-16

The “Mad Bitches” of S. Korea's Irregular Workforce Fight Back [Korea Exposé] 2017-09-08

KHMU scores ground breaking agreement for healthcare workers [UNI Global Union] 2022-08-17

Coupang to strike back against workers' protests for summer cooling essentials [JoongAng Daily] 2022-07-25

Supreme Court finds Bosch Electrical Drives guilty of anti-union practices 　 [The Hankyoreh] 2018-09-30

Bong Joon-ho champions rights of film crew staff in interview about “Parasite” [Hankyoreh] 2019-05-28

Le syndicat des professionnels de santé retire son appel à la grève générale [KBS] 2021-09-02

IndustriALL Hyundai/Kia trade union network – a platform for global solidarity [IndustriALL] 2021-06-08

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20,000 bank workers rally in Seoul for nationwide strike 2022-09-23 [UNI Global Union]

Financial workers’ strike has little short-term impact 2022-09-18 [The Herald]

Financial workers stage nationwide strike 2022-09-16 [The Herald]

Unionized financial workers to strike nationwide 2022-09-16 [Crisis 24]

KHMU scores ground breaking agreement for healthcare workers 2022-08-17 [UNI Global Union]

Release of Korean trade unionist follows UAW demands 2022-08-11 [UAW]

Samsung Electronics, labor union sign first-ever wage deal 2022-08-10 [Yonhap]

Peak-wage debate becomes generational conflict in finance 2022-08-07 [JoongAng Daily]

Unions lead call to amend the foreign investment act 2022-07-27 [UNI]

Striking shipyard workers’ win must mark start of improvements to industry 2022-07-25 [Hankyoreh]

Coupang to strike back against workers' protests for summer cooling essentials 2022-07-25 [JoongAng Daily]

Use of police force said to be mulled to end shipyard strike 2022-07-21 [Yonhap]

Subcontract Workers' Strike at DSME Going to Extremes 2022-07-21 [Business Korea]

Unionized metal workers vote for strike in unity with DSME subcontractors 2022-07-20 [Pulse News]

Specter of crackdown looms over strike for livable working conditions at Korean shipyard 2022-07-20 [Hankyoreh]

Yoon hints at deploying police to break up shipbuilders strike 2022-07-20 [Hankyoreh]

Subcontracted workers aren't to blame for Korean shipbuilding's crisis 2022-07-20 [Hankyoreh]

Hyundai Motor, South Korea union agree 9% wage hike deal 2022-07-20 [Saltwire]

DSME Labor Union Considering Parting Ways with Korea Metal Workers' Union 2022-07-15 [Shipping News]

DSME subcontractors' union continues hunger strike seeking pay raise 2022-07-15 [Korea Times]

Novo Nordisk workers in Korea protest after breakdown in salary and perks negotiations 2022-07-08 [Endpoints News]

Umbrella union stages massive rallies in Seoul amid scorching heat 2022-07-03 [Yonhap]

Hyundai Motor's labor union votes for strike 2022-07-03 [Yonhap]

Ready-mixed concrete transport union strike begins 2022-07-02 [DONG-A ILBO]

Hyundai Motor's union in S.Korea votes to strike after stalled negotiations 2022-07-02 [Reuters]

Ready-mixed concrete transport union strike begins 2022-07-02 [Don-a Ilbo]

Finance Industry Union condemns unfair dismissal of union officials 2022-06-29 [UNI]

Korean railway workers take to streets to oppose privatization 2022-06-29 [Hankyoreh]

Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) to gather 60,000 people on the 2nd of next month… “Impeachment of the government's labor policy” 2022-06-27 [Korea Posts English]

Bumpy road ahead for wage talks at Hyundai Motor Group 2022-06-26 [The Herald]

Yoon's society of overwork? A 92-hour work week could be in store for Korea 2022-06-24 [Hankyoreh]

Up to 92 hours a week? It has been less than a year since the full implementation of 52 hours a week 2022-06-23 [News Directory 3]

Truckers End 8-Day Strike 2022-06-19 [Manufacturing.net]

The ITF congratulates Korean truck drivers and calls on the South Korean government, ruling party and clients to cooperate towards a permanent ‘Safe Rates' system applicable to all sectors 2022-06-18 [ITF]

KPTU-TruckSol reach breakthrough agreement 2022-06-15 [ITF]

Truckers to return to work after weeklong strike 2022-06-14 [Yonhap]

Conflict intensifies between labor and management over peak wage system 2022-06-14 [Korea Times]

Cargo Truckers Solidarity and transport ministry fail to reach agreement in fourth talks on safe trucking freight rate 2022-06-13 [Kyunghyang Shinmun]

Sanofi union members set strike date in Korea as wage negotiations stall: report 2022-06-11 [Fierce Pharma]

KPTU -TruckSol go on indefinite strike with the determination of 420,000 truckers for the safety for the public 2022-06-11 [KCTU]

South Korean truckers strike enters third day, supply chain risks grow 2022-06-11 [The Jakarta Post]

“Obstinate suppression,” police ban labor demonstration of 499 participants in Yongsan 2022-06-10 [Kyunghyang Shinmun]

Thousands of South Korean truckers broaden strike action 2022-06-10 [Deutsche Welle]

30 unionized truckers nabbed for alleged business interference 2022-06-10 [Yonhap]

Truckers' strike hits output at Hyundai's biggest auto plants 2022-06-10 [The Financial Post]

Truck drivers begin unlimited national strike action for Safe Rates 2022-06-08 [ITF]

Truckers Go on Strike at Ports as Fuel Costs Soar 2022-06-08 [Yahoo]

South Korean truckers strike for wage guarantees amid rising fuel costs 2022-06-07 [La Prensa Latina]

South Korea's low paid brace for ‘pro-market' turn under Yoon 2022-05-25 [Al Jazeera]

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