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About one month ago: The Federation of Korean Trade Unions(FKTU) vowed to fight alongside KCTU against the plans of the S. Korean gov't's to "reform"(deregulate!!) the labor market...

And today in the late afternoon(KST) - surprise, surprise(^^) - the S. Korean news agency Yonhap reported: "FKTU OKs trilateral deal on labor reform", despite massive opposition even in its own leadership ranks(*), let alone the ongoing resistance in FKTU's affiliated unions such as metal, chemical and public workers...

Some 100 union members rallied in protest at the umbrella union’s “compromise” with the government, holding up placards that read “We can never approve the agreement that enslaves 20 million laborers!"(K. Herald, 9.14)

* "Senior unionized worker tries to set himself on fire"(Yonhap, 9.14)...