The UAW celebrates the release of Yang Kyeung-soo, President of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). On November 25, a Korean court sentenced Brother Yang to serve a year in prison but suspended the sentence for two years. Yang has been in jail since September 2, when police stormed the KCTU offices and detained
Thousands of striking Korean Confederation of Trade Unionists (KCTU) members held rallies in Seoul, Korea and 13 other provinces on October 20, calling for an expansion of labor law for all workers, abolition of precarious works, just transition based on strong voices of workers, and stronger public services. (credit: Korean Confederation of Trade Unionists Facebook
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions president Yang Kyeung-soo waves to supporters while police transfer him to a detention center. (KCTU / Labor and the World) Detroit – UAW President Ray Curry Wednesday, condemned the arrest of Yang Kyeung Soo, President of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) for exercising his free speech rights in