First in planned series of strikes kicks off at South Korea’s major shipyards

Unionised workers at busy shipbuilders in South Korea downed tools today, in a first round of strikes that will likely continue next month. Labour unions, consisting of eight shipyard chapters, launched a two-to-five-hour joint partial strike at yards including HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Samho and Hanwha Ocean after failing to reach a wage …

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