Korean Workers Stage Major Strike Wave

These strike waves cover not just transportation, but involve shipbuilding and finance. This article gives a short, vital history of the movement. These workers are fighting against the usual market fundamentalists cannibalization of the working class. Any support from the AFL-CIO, given its recent history, should be treated cynically in our opinion.

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(Photo Credit: Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union)  

About Barbara MacLean

Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.

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