Korean unionist Kim Jin-suk has touched ground for the first time since January to end her protest against Hanjin Heavy Industries. She occupied a 35 metre tall crane in the southern port city of Busan for 309 days. The protest began when Hanjin Heavy Industries announced it was cutting 400 jobs from its shipyard. Since then activists organised the Buses of Hope campaign and thousands of protesters marched through Busan in a show support facing resistance from the authorities, often ending in many arrests. After the 11-month deadlock in talks, the company reached a tentative agreement with labour activists to reinstate 94 laid-off workers within one year. More information here.
Korean unionist Kim Jin-suk has touched ground for the first time since January to end her protest against Hanjin Heavy Industries. She occupied a 35 metre tall crane in the southern port city of Busan for 309 days. The protest began when Hanjin Heavy Industries announced it was cutting 400 jobs from its shipyard. Since then activists organised the Buses of Hope campaign and thousands of protesters marched through Busan in a show support facing resistance from the authorities, often ending in many arrests. After the 11-month deadlock in talks, the company reached a tentative agreement with labour activists to reinstate 94 laid-off workers within one year. More information here.
