On Friday 30 June, over 50,000 workers staged a demonstration in central Seoul in pursuit of a set of demands. They included a call for the minimum wage to be increased to 10 thousand Won per hour (almost $US9/h), the abolition of precarious work practices, and the right for workers to unionise without intimidation. This demonstration is part of an ongoing push by workers in South Korea to reverse the constant Race to the Bottom in terms of wages and conditions by increasing job security and to attain a living wage for all. On the same weekend, 5,000 truck drivers held a demonstration in support of the right to unionise.
On Friday 30 June, over 50,000 workers staged a demonstration in central Seoul in pursuit of a set of demands. They included a call for the minimum wage to be increased to 10 thousand Won per hour (almost $US9/h), the abolition of precarious work practices, and the right for workers to unionise without intimidation. This demonstration is part of an ongoing push by workers in South Korea to reverse the constant Race to the Bottom in terms of wages and conditions by increasing job security and to attain a living wage for all. On the same weekend, 5,000 truck drivers held a demonstration in support of the right to unionise.
