As the form of labor has constantly been changing according to various variables such as the background of the times and the development of technologies, labor movement has also gone through many changes in its subject (or leading force), method, form and purpose.

Let’s see the history of labor movement in South Korea: until the 1990s, its main topic was labor-management relations of organized workers in large-sized establishments such as automobile or heavy chemical industries. In the 2000s, the labor-management relations in the public sector such as power generation/gas-related public companies and public institutions stood out and in the 2010s, the focus moved to the labor-management relations engaging temporary employees such as workers in special employment types in industries such as cleaning, security and distribution.

(This is an article, an attorney, Yong-Moon Kim contributed to CHO Insight of the Korea Economic Daily. You can check the same information on this link. However, it is only provided in Korean.)

Read the full article here