South Korea Truckers' Strike

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts116/v4/6c/b5/da/6cb5da10-53c0-3133-7aec-ebecea84d80f/mza_2296142640940154276.jpeg/600x600bb.jpg

Red Star Over Asia

24 episodes

5 days ago

Covering politics, history and social movements across Asia from a socialist perspective. Based in South Korea.

Politics

News

RSS

All content for Red Star Over Asia is the property of Red Star Over Asia and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Covering politics, history and social movements across Asia from a socialist perspective. Based in South Korea.

Politics

News

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/19084738/0b854d5e7236e342.jpeg

South Korea Truckers' Strike

Red Star Over Asia

1 hour 28 minutes 10 seconds

2 years ago

South Korea Truckers' Strike

This is audio from a live stream on the South Korea truckers strike.

In November, South Korean cargo truckers representated by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) launched a nationwide strike around the extension of a minumum wage guarantee and related work safety issues. The Yoon administration has responded aggressively, issuing an executive order for truckers to return to work or face steep fines, possible jail time and other penalities. In response, KCTU held a one day all-union national strike on Tuesday, December 6th. Joining for this special livestream to help us understand the strike and what's at stake are:

Yeonwoo Choi, a student activist and organizer in Seoul

Sanggu Gang, a member of KCTU's young wing in Busan

Bori, a co-host of Red Star Over Asia, but also currently a staff organizer for KCTU in Seoul, so he will also be sharing his analysis.