One expert says laws must be amended so that hourly lecturers are treated as teachers » A part-time lecturer participates in an overnight protest in front of the National Assembly to call for improved labor conditions at universities, Oct. 10, 2008. 　 “They say a

Ssangyong unionist sentenced to four years jail On February 13, 2010 Mr. Han Sang Kyun the Chairman of the Ssangyong Motor Company Union was sentenced to four years in prison. AAWL is campaigning for his release. See the Free our Comrades page here. Mr Han led a 77 day strike at the Ssangyong 

The official says the Lee Myung-bak administration’s limit on wage payments to full-time unionists does not conform to international standards » Roland Schneider, senior policy advisor at the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation

The measures are expected to result in significant reductions in the number of full-time unionists in the workplace » Members of labor unions sit in a corridor of the National Labor Relations Commission during the special committee meeting to decide new regulations for paid

Issued in 2008, the fine is the largest ever imposed for unfair trading practices with subcontractors » Employees of Samsung Electronics pass through the front door of a Samsung building in the Seocho neighborhood of Seoul’s Gangnam District, March 24. 　 The Supr

Labor rights are essential for democracy Korea’s Ministry of Labor denied the registration of the Korean Government Employees' Union on March 6, for the third time in three month. Not just for KGEU, the ministry ordered the Korean Construction Workers’ Union (KCWU) to revise their union establishment re