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James48

(4,816 posts) Sat Dec 28, 2013, 05:12 PM Dec 2013

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Happening now- Korea [View all]

HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are participating in a general strike to protest the government's election-rigging and union-busting.

The South Korean police - 4,000 of them- attacked a Union Labor HQ's several days ago, without a valid search warrant.

Today, hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike and are protesting the action.

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SHARE to show solidarity with workers standing up!

More photos here: http://bit.ly/1dJROcd

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Happening now- Korea [View all] James48 Dec 2013 OP

Good for them. If only Americans would do the same nt abelenkpe Dec 2013 #1

If only. This should happen world-wide, a workers protest of the 2%, poor pay and poor conditions kelliekat44 Dec 2013 #19

K&R Teamster Jeff Dec 2013 #2

K and R cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #3

Meanwhile, in the US of A ... Scuba Dec 2013 #4

American Sheeple WowSeriously Dec 2013 #6

And look where it has gotten us. First they got everyone to make concessions. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #27

Geez, what happened in 1980? CrispyQ Dec 2013 #33

Ask the Air Traffic Controllers. They might know. Scuba Dec 2013 #35

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #5

We should learn from this. WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2013 #7

Americans have been so brainwashed Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #11

The Rich in America have mastered the art of propaganda AZ Progressive Dec 2013 #17

+1000 Plucketeer Dec 2013 #21

KICK!@ Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #8

More on the background- James48 Dec 2013 #9

"protest the government's election-rigging and union-busting." iandhr Dec 2013 #10

Yes James48 Dec 2013 #14

here`s some background on korea's labor problems madrchsod Dec 2013 #15

the korean unions do not fuck around.... madrchsod Dec 2013 #12

The 1% will simply move their operations to a non-union country magical thyme Dec 2013 #13

Yup, it'll only work if worker unions go global, like corporations have. nt SunSeeker Dec 2013 #18

That's a very good point. factsarenotfair Dec 2013 #28

Thanks for posting! HUGE K & R BelgianMadCow Dec 2013 #16

Is Dancing With the Stars on tonight? n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #20

It's a rerun with Tom Delay and Tonya Harding; Linda Tripp and Ollie North are the judges. NBachers Dec 2013 #23

The American way. Freedum. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #24

LOL! Enthusiast Dec 2013 #26

South Korea is pretty much controlled by about seven corporations Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #22

But yet the life of the average South Korean is much better than life totodeinhere Dec 2013 #30

I guess I get to be the first to throw the BS flag. rhett o rick Dec 2013 #36

Yes, you are wrong. You seem to want to put the worst possible interpretation on totodeinhere Dec 2013 #38

If I misunderstood your intention, I apologize. But you seemed to make light of rhett o rick Dec 2013 #39

Perspective? Trying living there for two years like I did before moving to China. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #40

This is inspirational. Enthusiast Dec 2013 #25

Korea's always good for a lively demonstration MrScorpio Dec 2013 #29

These things tend to happen iamthebandfanman Dec 2013 #31

SOLIDARITY! L0oniX Dec 2013 #32

K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Dec 2013 #34

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #37

I'm in Korea and heard about this as well davidpdx Jan 2014 #41