Kiryung Electronics strike

Posted on : 2008-08-18 13:21 KST Modified on : 2019-10-19 20:29 KST

Kim So-yeon, who is the leader of the Kiryung Electronics’ union and has been on a hunger strike for the past 67 days, is carried by a rescue team to a hospital on August 16.

Kim and fellow union member Yoo Heung-hee, who has been having lung problems, both succumbed to union members’ requests that they go to the hospital.

The Kiryung Electronics union has been on strike for over 1,000 days, hoping that the company will convert their status from irregular to regular workers. Despite a deadlock in negotiations with the company, the union plans to continue their efforts with the added participation of civic organizations, the umbrella labor union Korea Confederation of Trade Unions and the Democratic Labor Party.

Photo by Kim Myeong-jin/The Hankyoreh.

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