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On the first anniversary of the inauguration of President Yoon, the Council of Global Unions, representing 200 million workers around the world expresses deep concern on the recent attacks, judicial

Evidence of striking truck drivers being unreasonably treated as criminals and trumped-up investigations being used against bona fide unions in a recent dispute in South Korean will be added to a

Global unions have taken legal action against the South Korean government for its extreme response to a truckers’ strike in the country, which ended on 9 December. The South Korean Government invoked

The South Korean government is flagrantly denying workers their basic rights by issuing ‘return-to-work’ orders to truck drivers striking over safety laws. The crude attempt at strike breaking has

On day five of truck drivers’ strike in Korea, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) asks the ILO and UN for urgent intervention to halt government violations of workers’ rights

At least 25,000 truckers are expected to join an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to live up to its promises on Safe Rates legislation An eight-day strike by truckers in June over the

There is overwhelming evidence for the link between road safety and driver pay, international experts and global union leaders told South Korean lawmakers this week. A discussion forum on the ‘Global

Image caption: The ITF’s Noel Coard (pictured right with KPTU’s Wol-San Lim) said 20 million workers stood behind demands for Hite-Jinro to reinstate sacked workers and pay a decent rate South Korea’s

At 10:40pm (KST) on 14 June, the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union Cargo Truckers’ Solidarity Division (KPTU-TruckSol) reached an agreement with the South Korean Ministry of Land

PRESS RELEASE: ITF Condemns the South Korean Government and Ruling Party’s backstabbing as Truckers’ Strike Threatens Disruption to Global Supply Chains With a national truckers’ strike causing