Korean shipyard workers protests against workplace deaths

A couple of months ago, Korean workers at the country’s biggest shipyards began an industrial campaign against the company’s attempt to restructure and drive down wages and conditions. The reality of constant cost cutting is that workers get killed at their workplace as health and safety is compromised. A recent report has found that one worker has been killed every five weeks at the shipyards of the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group. Korean labour representatives joined international labour group IndustriALL in a protest in Brussel over the continuing deaths.

A couple of months ago, Korean workers at the country’s biggest shipyards began an industrial campaign against the company’s attempt to restructure and drive down wages and conditions. The reality of constant cost cutting is that workers get killed at their workplace as health and safety is compromised. A recent report has found that one worker has been killed every five weeks at the shipyards of the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group. Korean labour representatives joined international labour group IndustriALL in a protest in Brussel over the continuing deaths.