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Co-creating a common purpose through Teacher-led Learning Circles [Education International] 2023-03-29

Backflip on 69-hour work week after millennial, Gen Z backlash [SBS] 2023-03-16

Major labor union raided, accused of espionage [The Herald] 2023-03-14

Yoon wages war against labor unions, once the force behind Korea's democratization [The Herald] 2023-03-14

PSI Asia Pacific held a press conference in Seoul urging South Korean government to to stop anti-union crackdown [PSI] 2023-03-09

BWI solidarity message to protesting South Korean workers [BWI] 2023-03-04

 VIDEO  BWI solidarity message to protesting South Korean workers [BWI] 2023-02-28

BWI supports unions’ fight vs. state persecution [BWI] 2023-02-27

KB Financial Group Union, participating in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, mobilizes to improve corporate governance [UNI Global Union] 2023-02-16

New evidence that South Korean Government behaved illegally in suppressing ‘road safety’ strike [ITF] 2023-02-12

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Umbrella union files complaint against NIS for allegedly leaking probe info 2023-03-30 [Yonhap]

Co-creating a common purpose through Teacher-led Learning Circles 2023-03-29 [Education International]

Major labor union holds rally in downtown Seoul 2023-03-25 [Yonhap]

Stop the suppression of the trade union movement right now 2023-03-22 [Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union ]

The municipalisation of care service providers in South Korea 2023-03-22 [Public Services International]

Two major labor groups file complaint against labor minister 2023-03-21 [Yonhap]

Backflip on 69-hour work week after millennial, Gen Z backlash 2023-03-16 [SBS]

South Korea targets more trade unionists in new wave of arrests 2023-03-14 [BWI]

Police raid KCTU-affiliated construction union 2023-03-14 [JoongAng Ilbo]

Gov't to impose fines on 86 labor unions refusing to disclose account books 2023-03-14 [Yonhap]

Major labor union raided, accused of espionage 2023-03-14 [The Herald]

Yoon wages war against labor unions, once the force behind Korea's democratization 2023-03-14 [The Herald]

PSI Asia Pacific held a press conference in Seoul urging South Korean government to to stop anti-union crackdown 2023-03-09 [PSI]

BWI solidarity message to protesting South Korean workers 2023-03-04 [BWI]

S Korean metal worker union plans strikes in April-July 2023-03-01 [Argus]

 VIDEO  BWI solidarity message to protesting South Korean workers 2023-02-28 [BWI]

BWI supports unions’ fight vs. state persecution 2023-02-27 [BWI]

NIS, police raid labor union offices over security law violations 2023-02-23 [Yonhap]

South Korean truckers provide a model for labor organizing among independent contractors 2023-02-22 [Jacobin]

Controversial pro-labor bill passed by opposition-controlled Assembly committee 2023-02-21 [Korea Times]

Umbrella union raps gov't scrutiny of labor unions' accounting practices 2023-02-20 [Yonhap]

KB Financial Group Union, participating in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, mobilizes to improve corporate governance 2023-02-16 [UNI Global Union]

Abolishing “platform labour” in South Korea 2023-02-13 [Asian Labour Review]

New evidence that South Korean Government behaved illegally in suppressing ‘road safety’ strike 2023-02-12 [ITF]

Construction workers' union lodges defamation complaint against land minister Won 2023-02-09 [Yonhap]

Umbrella union chief vows all-out fight against Yoon's labor reform push 2023-02-08 [Yonhap]

South Korea cage match: President Yoon vs. the unions 2023-02-07 [Nikkei Asia]

Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics' affiliates form alliance 2023-02-02 [Korea Times]

South Korea’s Conservative Government Is Cracking Down on the Country’s Militant Labor Unions 2023-01-27 [Jacobin]

Let not the deaths of hundreds of thousands of laborers be in vain 2023-01-26 [Hankyoreh]

South Korea: Intelligence agency raids top union confederation 2023-01-24 [Labor Notes]

Blood, puss and pitiful pay: Why Korean factory workers are calling it quits 2023-01-23 [Hankyoreh]

PSI condemns the use of security forces to intimidate healthcare union 2023-01-21 [PSI]

Union offices raided 2023-01-21 [IndustriALL Global Union]

Government raids on trade unions an attack on democracy 2023-01-20 [ITUC]

 VIDEO  South Korea proposes overhaul to overtime rules but workers fear longer work week 2023-01-20 [Youtube]

National Intelligence Service, police raid labour group over alleged espionage 2023-01-20 [asianews]

As South Korean government proposes flexible overtime rules, some fear workers may suffer 2023-01-20 [reuter]

Police raid dozen labor union offices over alleged wrongdoing at construction sites 2023-01-20 [YNA]

S. Korea’s spy agency ramping up national security investigations to keep itself relevant, critics say 2023-01-20 [Hankyoreh]

S. Korean police’s rapid-fire raids on construction union prompt accusations of union-bashing 2023-01-20 [Hankyoreh]

Labor union protests police raid on espionage suspects 2023-01-19 [Korea Times]

Crackdown on labor unions intensifies 2023-01-19 [Korea Herald]

S. Korea’s intelligence agency raids offices of major labor unions 2023-01-19 [Hankyoreh]

Raid on unions is an attack on the labour movement and on democracy, says UNI 2023-01-19 [UNI Global Union]

Police raid umbrella labor union offices over alleged wrongdoing at construction sites 2023-01-19 [Yonhap]

Outrage mounts after Korean Confederation of Trade Unions is raided by intelligence and police 2023-01-18 [Peoples Dispatch]

Spy agency, police raid labor group over alleged anti-communist law violations 2023-01-18 [Yonhap]

National Intelligence Service, police raid labor group over alleged espionage 2023-01-18 [Korea Herald]

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