by ZoominKorea | Jul 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, SK News
On June 30, one hundred thousand South Korean workers took to the streets in Seoul to call on President Moon Jae-in to keep his campaign pledge of creating “a world that respects labor.” Top among their list of concerns was the recent passage of a retrogressive...
by ZoominKorea | May 27, 2018 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
By Reece Chenault “The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, it is always about people.” – Cesar Chavez On a seven-day trip to learn about and build relationships with the South Korean labor movement in discussion centered around climate, workers’ rights and the...
by ZoominKorea | May 3, 2018 | Labor and People's Struggles, News, Peace and Militarism, Press Release, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
Report by Wol-san Liem, Director of international and Korean Peninsula affairs, KCTU-Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Union (KPTU) After a hassle with cancelled flights, a US Labor Against the War delegation arrived in Seoul May 1. They will spend a week in...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 27, 2018 | Analysis, Labor and People's Struggles, N-S Relations, News, Peace and Militarism, Statement
The following statement is a statement issued by the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU), which is an affiliate of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). KPTU Position On The Panmunjom Declaration Today an historic agreement to...
by ZoominKorea | Apr 13, 2018 | Analysis, Democracy, Labor and People's Struggles, News
This article is largely based on a recent series dedicated to the Sewol Tragedy in the South Korean progressive news site Voice of People. Monday, April 16 marks the four year anniversary of the Sewol Ferry Tragedy, which claimed three hundred four lives, mostly high...
by ZoominKorea | Nov 16, 2017 | Labor and People's Struggles, News
Workers at South Korea’s three largest supermarket chains—Emart, Lotte Mart and Homeplus—are joining forces to establish an industrial union to fight for the country’s five hundred thousand mart workers. The newly-formed Mart Industrial Labor Union Organizing...
