As reported last week, the Korean Teachers union was under intense political attack from the government over its defense of union activists.
This week, the Korean government has stepped up the fight by effectively declaring the union illegal and stripping teachers of their legal right to organise. This action is part of an ongoing assault on the whole Korean union movement. In another development, workers at the Seoul National University Hospital voted to go on strike for what will be a widespread campaign in defegnnse of the right to public health care.
As reported last week, the Korean Teachers union was under intense political attack from the government over its defense of union activists.
This week, the Korean government has stepped up the fight by effectively declaring the union illegal and stripping teachers of their legal right to organise. This action is part of an ongoing assault on the whole Korean union movement. In another development, workers at the Seoul National University Hospital voted to go on strike for what will be a widespread campaign in defegnnse of the right to public health care.