While recent labour news from South Korea have concentrated on the government offensive against labour leaders and their jail sentences (see here and also check out the radio interview), workers’ protests have continued. During late June and early July, major mobilisations by tens of thousands of public sector workers (see here and here), and then later by constructions workers (see here and here), were undertaken to fight against precarious work conditions. The issue of insecure work has become a huge issue for workers with rising rates of poverty and social exclusion.
While recent labour news from South Korea have concentrated on the government offensive against labour leaders and their jail sentences (see here and also check out the radio interview), workers’ protests have continued. During late June and early July, major mobilisations by tens of thousands of public sector workers (see here and here), and then later by constructions workers (see here and here), were undertaken to fight against precarious work conditions. The issue of insecure work has become a huge issue for workers with rising rates of poverty and social exclusion.
