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Women Factory Workers in South Korea In the late 1920s, it was the time when women entered the manufacturing industries and factories. [1] In Korea, we call factory women workers as Yo Gong (여공) which letters came from a Chinese character (女工). Specifically, "yo" means (女 female) and "gong" means (工 work). Most of the South Korean ...
In fact, it was only this summer that Hyundai directly hired female factory workers in South Korea for the first time since its founding in 1967, according to the Korea Metal Workers’ Union. The ...
Women in Asia have been organizing to address workplace issues, such as unequal pay and workplace violence as early as the 1880s. [1] The formation of women's labor unions in South Korea began in the late 1970s with the Minjung movement, as it is based on the mobilization of young female factory workers and martial law suspended labor rights. [2]
The Korean Women Workers Association (KWWA or Han'guk yŏsŏng nodongjahoe 한국여성노동자회) is an organization in South Korea dedicated to advancing the human rights for working women and promoting gender equality. [1] KWWA offers leadership training and monitors the effects of government policies on women workers. [2]
On 26 April 2013, South Korea decided to withdraw all remaining staff, [25] and on 4 May, the last seven South Koreans left the Kaesong Industrial Region, which thus was completely shut down. [ 26 ] On 4 July, both countries agreed in principle that the Kaesong Industrial Park should be reopened, as tensions between the two began to cool. [ 27 ]
Jeon Tae-il (Korean: 전태일; 28 September 1948 – 13 November 1970) was a South Korean sewing worker and workers' rights activist who committed suicide by self-immolation at the age of 22 in protest of the poor working conditions of South Korean factories during the Third Republic era. [1]
HWASEONG, South Korea (Reuters) -Multiple powerful explosions set a lithium battery factory on fire in South Korea on Monday, killing 22 workers, most of them Chinese nationals, as it burned out ...
Nike, Inc. has been accused of using sweatshops and worker abuse to produce footwear and apparel in East Asia. After rising prices and the increasing cost of labor in Korean and Taiwanese factories, Nike began contracting in countries elsewhere in Asia, which includes parts of India, Pakistan, and Indonesia.