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Last Saturday(7.20) in the morning about 3000 activists in 22 S. Korean cities boarded dozens of "Hope Buses" and drove to Ulsan. After arrival they gathered with 2000 workers from the Ulsan region in front of Hyundai Motors plant for a massive protest rally... But only a short while after the beginning they were attacked by large units of riot cops and heavily armed "security guards"(i.e. thugs, hired by Hyundai to smash the rally!!).
 

Related articles:
☞ Using Violence at Hope Bus Event... (Kyunghyang Shinmun, 7.23)
☞ Hyundai is suing violent protestors (JoongAng Ilbo, 7.23)
☞ Hyundai Files Police Complaint Against Clash Activists (Bloomberg, 7.23)
☞ Icon of peaceful protest tainted by violence (Korea Herald, 7.22)

An updated collection of Korean articles/reports(incl. pics) you'll get here!

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Solidarity with the Protest of Hyundai Workers in Ulsan!

Since 278 days(!!) two labor activists - one official of the temporary workers' union of Hyundai Motors and the other a former 'irregular' worker at the automaker - are now in sit-in strike on a power supply post...

The protest began last year on Oct. 17 when Choe Byeong-seung and Cheon Ui-bong ascended a 50-meter electrical pylon near the Myeongchon Gate of Hyundai Motor’s factory in Ulsan (here you can read a detailed article).

Yesterday(7.20) in the morning about 3000 activists in 22 S. Korean cities boarded dozens of "Hope Buses" and drove to Ulsan. After arrival they gathered with 2000 workers from the Ulsan region in front of Hyundai Motors plant for a massive protest rally... But only a short while after the beginning they were attacked by large units of riot cops and heavily armed "security guards"(i.e. thugs, hired by Hyundai to smash the rally!!):

Here - on LabourStart - you'll get more Korean reports about "Hope Bus" weekend(protest rally, "street battle", culture festival etc.) in Ulsan!

 

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Summer Monsoon @Daehanmun...
 

The current (tentative) Ssangyong Memorial Site in downtown Seoul, nearby Daehanmun

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Dear friends!
I fondly remember visiting you last year(*). I just heard that you are now organizing a new activity, Hope Bus. I want to express my full solidarity with you, as well as my hope that your activity will find a deserved success. Your persistence is a hope for all of us!

Slavoj Žižek

Ljubljana 15 July 2013

* Related article:
☞ Slavoj Zizek shows solidarity with dismissed Ssangyong workers (Hankyoreh, 2012.6.30)

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Last Sunday(7.14), "irregular" workers at subcontracting companies for Samsung Electronics Service founded a new labor union...

Around 400 workers participated in the organization of the Samsung Electronics Service chapter of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union. The union is significant both as a large labor union at a Samsung workplace and as the first labor union established by "irregular" workers...
 

Related:
☞ Trade Union of Samsung Electronics Service Launched (Kyunghyang Shinmun, 7.16)
☞ Samsung service workers form landmark labor union (Hankyoreh, 7.15)
☞ End illegal subcontracting! (Hankyoreh editorial)
☞ Short video report about the foundation (Kyunghyang TV)

 

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