This week, after a heroic and determined ten months atop an electricity pylon, Hoe Byeong-seung and fellow protestor Cheon Ui-bong brought their protest to an end. While their touchdown was greeted with enthusiasm by hundreds of supporters, the issue of contract work at Hyundai is still not resolved. The use of precarious employment contracts is on the rise all over the world because capitalists see this as an effective way to break our unions and power to organise. Labour activists will continue to campaign on this issue in South Korea with another Hope Bus at the end of this month.
This week, after a heroic and determined ten months atop an electricity pylon, Hoe Byeong-seung and fellow protestor Cheon Ui-bong brought their protest to an end. While their touchdown was greeted with enthusiasm by hundreds of supporters, the issue of contract work at Hyundai is still not resolved. The use of precarious employment contracts is on the rise all over the world because capitalists see this as an effective way to break our unions and power to organise. Labour activists will continue to campaign on this issue in South Korea with another Hope Bus at the end of this month.
