The heroic and bitter struggle of the Ssangyong workers has been well documented over the last few years (see here, here, here and here), but the struggle for justice is still continuing. This month a delegation of dismissed Ssangyong Korean workers went to Mumbai, India in an effort to pressure the Indian owner of Ssangyong to abide by previous agreements. The Koreans are using this trip to meet a number of local unions and labour organisations to forge greater links. In such a globalised industry as the auto sector, only global organising by workers will be able to raise the standards for all workers worldwide. In another part of India, in the industrial hub of Gurgaon near New Dehli, hundreds of auto workers employed by Bridgestone are in a hard struggle against union busting.
The heroic and bitter struggle of the Ssangyong workers has been well documented over the last few years (see here, here, here and here), but the struggle for justice is still continuing. This month a delegation of dismissed Ssangyong Korean workers went to Mumbai, India in an effort to pressure the Indian owner of Ssangyong to abide by previous agreements. The Koreans are using this trip to meet a number of local unions and labour organisations to forge greater links. In such a globalised industry as the auto sector, only global organising by workers will be able to raise the standards for all workers worldwide. In another part of India, in the industrial hub of Gurgaon near New Dehli, hundreds of auto workers employed by Bridgestone are in a hard struggle against union busting.
