In 2009, thousands of workers at the Ssangyong car factory in South Korea occupied their factory in a bid to save their jobs. In spite of their heroic efforts in holding out for 77 days, their struggle was defeated amid a full scale military assault of the factory. The sacked workers have not stopped fighting for their rights. While earlier this year, the dismissed workers won a court ruling against the dismissals, this week the company has managed to overturn this earlier ruling. The dismissed Ssangyong workers are blacklisted in South Korea and the pressure of this fight has resulted in more than 20 Ssangyong workers killing themselves in the last five years.
In 2009, thousands of workers at the Ssangyong car factory in South Korea occupied their factory in a bid to save their jobs. In spite of their heroic efforts in holding out for 77 days, their struggle was defeated amid a full scale military assault of the factory. The sacked workers have not stopped fighting for their rights. While earlier this year, the dismissed workers won a court ruling against the dismissals, this week the company has managed to overturn this earlier ruling. The dismissed Ssangyong workers are blacklisted in South Korea and the pressure of this fight has resulted in more than 20 Ssangyong workers killing themselves in the last five years.
