The Korean Metal Workers’ Union, the umbrella union representing workers of eight South Korean shipbuilders, is staging a series of strikes this month in support of Hyundai Heavy Industries’ workers who have been involved in industrial action since late April.
Particularly, the shipyard workers were incensed when the government, at the shipbuilders’ request abolished the quota system in mid-April to allow in foreign labour for four shipbuilding areas – welding, painting, electric engineering,...
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