Korean strike wave
ENBITIERTD by 20s city-hne wages of DE0 for N3s-hnur working week, and renuraged by the concessions wun by demanstrating btudents and the riddle class carher this yeut, tenspl thousands of Soult Koran warkers stormed mit on strike during July and Augun.
4U.000 walked out ai le giant Hyundal corporation: 20,00 bus Leivers joined the true, alongside them came thousands more — froin the Darwoo chipyards, dockers, miners, Samsung and other tieutromes workers Tnall there wert over 1,000 strikes at mone than 200 firms.
Strikes have been illegal in Soul Korea lorover 20 years, so have trade umons. with Jess than one worker in cight a memberof the largely lame, pro-management unsons thal were allowed to function.
High on the list of workers' demands was recognition of new, indpendent unions, along with talbs for wage increases of up to 40 percent. a shorter working work and
1 18 8 improves pension ats tyc benefits for the boobening
Dredits ul Korean corporations which have more than:
doubled producinaty in recent scars.
Though there wore walent clashes between workers wad the police, the military regime
- Recto avoid any deepening or politicisatinn ot the mare aim struggies reed its political weight n pressure some of the biggest emaplovers into talks and
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