The political action of the working class
under President Kim Dae-jung

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Backlash Over US Role in Strike-Breaking
By Tim Shorrock, IPS, 20 April 1999. Transport and industrial workers are angry at the arrests of trade union leaders suspected of leading illegal strikes. Many took place at the Halla Group where restructuring and down sizing was organized by Rothschild Inc.—a Wall Street investment bank that is a major custodian of retirement money earned by U.S. workers.
South Korean Marxists Regroup
By Iggy Kim, Green Left Weekly, 1 March 2000. The January Marxism 2000 conference in Sydney hosted the first overseas delegation of South Korea’s newly formed Nodongja-euy Him, the Power of the Working Class (PWC). The delegation’s presence was the first contact between South Korea’s new Marxist movement and other Marxists from the Asia-Pacific region.
South Korean union activists stage violent protest
AFP, [7 July 2000]. Thousands of South Korean labor activists battled riot police Thursday after an anti-government rally denouncing the government’s crackdown on union militancy. The fight erupted when riot police stopped some 4,500 labor activists from burning a black coffin symbolizing the government of President Kim Dae-Jung.
Labor vows to fight Seoul policies
By Lim Bong-soo, JoongAng Ilbo, 18 October 2002. Unions in a range of industries are vowing to put up a tough fight against government plans to privatize key utilities and put the proposed five-day workweek system into law. The threats of work stoppages, observers say, could make labor relations a hot issue leading up to the Dec. 19 presidential election.