As reported in previous news, South Korean workers are taking ever more desperate measures to counter the pressures they are under. Unfortunately, four trade unionists killed themselves late last year out of hopelessness. One of these, Mr. Choe Gang-seo, the organising director of the KMWU Hanjin local union, took his own life due to the anxiety of facing the company's lawsuit for compensation from a previous protest. This week, the KCTU staged a rally in which they carried his coffin into the Yeongdo Shipyards in Busan to demand that the company withdraws its lawsuit against the union.
As reported in previous news, South Korean workers are taking ever more desperate measures to counter the pressures they are under. Unfortunately, four trade unionists killed themselves late last year out of hopelessness. One of these, Mr. Choe Gang-seo, the organising director of the KMWU Hanjin local union, took his own life due to the anxiety of facing the company's lawsuit for compensation from a previous protest. This week, the KCTU staged a rally in which they carried his coffin into the Yeongdo Shipyards in Busan to demand that the company withdraws its lawsuit against the union.
