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Ulsan: Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd has issued the following news release: Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world's largest shipbuilder, announced today that its management and labor union concluded their [...]

SEOUL -- The following information was released by the Voice of America (VOA): Brian Padden Lech Walesa, the Polish leader of the anti-communist Solidarity movement in the 1980s, is pessimistic [...]

SEOUL, Oct 27, 2016 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Kia Motors, South Korea's second-largest automaker, recorded a double-digit decline in its third-quarter profit as labor strikes disrupted production and sales, the [...]

]]> Seoul, October 12 (QNA) - Hyundai Motor's management reached Wednesday a tentative deal with the labor union on wage increases. It was the first time in 12 years that [...]

]]> Ulsan, August 18 (QNA) - Hyundai Motor Co. suggested Thursday a revised wage peak system under which salaries will be cut for those near their retirement, but it was [...]

Jul 22, 2016 (Congress of South African Trade Unions/All Africa Global Media) -- The Congress of South African Trade Union is appalled by the ongoing trade union repression in South [...]

South Korea -- The following information was released by International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the [...]

Seoul, Jul 4, 2016 (EFE via COMTEX) -- South Korean labor union activists rallied in Seoul Monday to call for higher minimum wage, part of a wave of intensifying demands [...]

South Korea -- The following information was released by International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the continuing judicial harassment of labour [...]

Meritocracy is emerging as a new taboo word among public financial firms in Korea, as the government's push for performance-based salary and promotion systems ignites disputes between labor unions and [...]

The North Korean labor union slammed South Korea and the U.S. for conducting military drills, and allegedly threatening the reclusive state's leadership, Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday, citing a statement [...]

Contract awarded for Purchase hangun the first half of Ulsan labor union support article 2016 The actual date and time ticket: 2016/01/21 13:54 Following companies submitted the bid: 1) (Note) [...]

Prague, Oct 3 (CTK) - Finance Minister Andrej Babis has asigned the management of state-run aviation group Cesky Aeroholding and its unit, air carrier Czech Airlines (CSA), to hold talks [...]

Nosovice, North Moravia, April 30 (CTK) - Trade unions at the Nosovice plant of South Korean car maker Hyundai declared a strike alert today owing to the impossibility to reach [...]

SEOUL -- The following information was released by the Voice of America (VOA): Brian Padden Some high drama played out on the streets of South Korea's capital Thursday after nearly [...]

Byline: ELIZABETH SHIM SEOUL, July 27 (UPI) -- On May 18, 1980, Bae Ok-byoung, a South Korean assembly line worker in southern Seoul, was taken into police custody and tortured [...]

Dec. 31 -- South Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries issued the following news release: Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world's largest shipbuilder, announced today that its management and labor union concluded [...]

Hyundai Corp. and Kia Motors Corp. face strikes by unionized workers protesting the free-trade agreement between the U.S. and South Korea, which is slated to be signed on June 30, 2007. Unions are concerned over production in overseas plants.

South Korean police said yesterday they intend to arrest Hyundai Motor's union leaders following a strike at the country's biggest carmaker, writes Song Jung-a. Police in Ulsan, where Hyundai's main [...]

South Korea's vital high-tech exports could face disruption after union pilots at Korean Air Lines voted to strike beginning Thursday. The failure to resolve the pay dispute at the country's [...]

SEOUL -- Asiana Airlines has been forced to cancel half its domestic schedule after pilots launched an indefinite strike on Sunday which has also hit the South Korean airline's international [...]

Workers at Citibank's Seoul branch returned to work last month after almost a month on strike, providing temporary relief to the new management of the merger between the US lender [...]

SEOUL -- South Korean society is turning against powerful trade unions that use strike action to win big pay rises for their members, according to the country's minister of labour. [...]

The labour union at Hyundai Motor, South Korea's biggest automaker, ended a five-day strike yesterday after agreeing a pay deal with management. Under the agreement, Hyundai workers will receive a [...]

SEOUL -- Workers at Hyundai Motor, South Korea's biggest vehicle maker, plan to hold an all-out strike on Tuesday, demanding higher pay and better working conditions. Shares in Hyundai fell [...]

Hyundai Heavy Industries is filing a suit against its labor union, claiming the union caused some 9 billion won ($7.63 million) of losses through its recent collective action. For the [...]

Hyundai Heavy Industries is filing a suit against its labor union, claiming the union caused some 9 billion won ($7.63 million) of losses through its recent collective action. For the [...]

SEOUL -- South Korea may see fewer strikes this year, following a promise by the new leader of the country's most militant union to pursue more dialogue and less conflict [...]

Hyundai Heavy Industries is filing a suit against its labor union, claiming the union caused some 9 billion won ($7.63 million) of losses through its recent collective action. For the [...]

Unionized workers at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipyard by sales, voted on Wednesday to go on strike amid a lack of progress in wage negotiations. For the [...]

SEOUL -- South Korean creditors of Ssangyong Motor yesterday threatened to push the country's fourth-largest carmaker into court receivership, putting pressure on the militant carworkers' union to accept the planned [...]

Shareholders of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on Friday approved the company's split-up plan ahead of a proposed merger with a smaller local shipbuilder amid fierce opposition from its labor union. [...]

Hyundai Heavy Industries has barely succeeded in dividing itself for the acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), overcoming strong opposition from its unionized workers. Now the company is [...]

Shareholders of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on Friday approved the company's split-up plan ahead of a proposed merger with a smaller local shipbuilder amid fierce opposition from its labor union. [...]

SEOUL -- Workers at Ssangyong Motor, South Korea's fourth-largest automaker, yesterday held a partial strike ahead of plans to launch a full stoppage next month to protest against the planned [...]

The labor union at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipyard by sales, demanded Monday that the company provide job guarantees to its employees if it wants to proceed [...]

SEOUL, Dec 29, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- South Korean rail workers have decided to end the three-week strike after the ruling and opposition parties agreed to set up a [...]

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- South Korean Hyundai Motor Co.'s union said Tuesday its members OKd a tentative wage and benefits deal that includes a hike of $89 (97,000 won) [...]

SEOUL -- More than 150,000 workers in South Korea held an eight-hour strike yesterday to demand the amendment of laws that allow management to sue union members over illegal industrial [...]

Last December, a narrow majority of (mainly younger) voters chose Roh Moo-hyun as South Korea's president. A political outsider and untried provincial populist, Mr Roh was a striking change from [...]

In a prophetic comment, President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea complained in a Financial Times interview two weeks ago that he was unfairly criticised as 'a powerless president who can't [...]

SEOUL -- Evergreen Marine, the world's third-biggest shipping company, yesterday said it was considering moving some of its freight services to Chinese ports from South Korea because of labour unrest [...]