South Korea's 300 Day Aerial Sit-in Strike Highlights Plight of Precarious Workers in Korea and the Philippines

Tammy Ko Robinson

doi:10.1017/S1557466011012216

South Korea's 300 Day Aerial Sit-in Strike Highlights Plight of Precarious Workers in Korea and the Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2025

Tammy Ko Robinson

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November 1 marks the passage of day 300 of the aerial sit-in strike being waged by Kim Jinsuk. The former employee of Hanjin and current Direction Committee member for the Busan chapter of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and other union members face subzero temperatures and enforcement fines of one million won per day. Currently, management and labor are reviewing a parliamentary proposal to reinstate laid-off workers, as numbers continue to grow supporting “A World without Redundancy Dismissals & Precarious Work.” The case, and the solidarity movement it prompted, illuminates issues of precarious, contract and migrant labor in South Korea, the Philippines, Germany the United States and beyond.

Type: Research Article
Information: Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 9 , Issue 45 , November 2011 , e4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1557466011012216 [Opens in a new window]
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