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DESCRIPTION:Meeting With South Korean labor activist, Jinsook Kim, known for her 309 
 day sit in atop a crane to protest repression of workers at Hanjin 
 Shipyards in 2011, Screening  documentary film  “Island of Shadows,”\n 
 https://www.youtube.com/embed/BXIfuAChOKs\nApril 19, 2017  7:00 
 PM\nUniversity Lutheran Chapel, 2425 College Avenue, Berkeley\nBerkeley, 
 CA\n\nTour of South Korean labor activist, Jinsook Kim, re-known for her 
 309 day sit in atop a crane to protest repression of workers at Hanjin 
 Shipyards in 2011 and  screening of a documentary film on that struggle, 
 “Island of Shadows,” by director Chŏnggŭn Kim, followed by Q & A with 
 Ms. Kim and director Kim, April 19, 2017, University Lutheran Chapel, 2425 
 College Avenue, Berkeley. Sponsored by University of Washington, Center for 
 Korea Studies, UCLA, Center for Korea Studies, UCB, and the Korea Policy 
 Institute.\nThe Island of Shadows (2016) Trailer\n 
 https://www.youtube.com/embed/BXIfuAChOKs\nThe workers talk about the 
 pleasure of starting work in a shipyard, the pride of making the vessel, 
 and the recognition of workers and the high spirit of their novel struggle. 
 There was solidarity everywhere, even in each other's mind. But there is no 
 more energy in Hanjin Shipyard. The workers have been laid-off and the 
 strike shows no sign of stopping. A 34 year-old worker committed suicide as 
 well. It's the fourth who has become a martyr for the cause. Why have the 
 laborers who worked at Hanjin shipyard separated like this? They are 
 starting to ask themselves why they decided to hate each other. 
 \nclose\n\n“The Island of Shadows” Film Screening\nfollowed by Q&A with 
 Director Jeonggeun Kim and Ms. Jinsook 
 Kim\n\nhttp://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/photoViewPopup.nhn?movieCode=121772\n\n"The 
 Island of Shadows," 2014 (98 min), gives voice to the unionists at Hanjin 
 and highlights the historic 309-day high-altitude sit-in by Ms. Jinsook 
 Kim.\n\nMs. Jinsook Kim is widely known for her protest of labor repression 
 at Hanjin shipyards in 2011, sitting-in atop a high altitude crane for 309 
 days. Accompanying Ms. Kim will be Yira Hwang, who handled the support 
 operation on the ground for Ms. Jinsook Kim during her sit-in, and Mr. 
 Jeonggeun Kim, director of the documentary. \n\nMs Kim, a female welder who 
 spearheaded the struggle to democratize the union in the mid-1980s, was 
 eventually fired by the company, and has been waging a persistent battle 
 for reinstatement since then. She emerged as a key figure in the 
 “democratic” labor movement of South Korea over the 1990s as one of the 
 most committed leaders of the metal workers’ union movement and in the 
 recent decades has become the champion of irregular workers.\n\nYouTube 
 film preview: https://www.youtube.com/embed/BXIfuAChOKs\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/04/18797970.php
SUMMARY:S. Korean labor shipyard activist Jinsook Kim & Screening of “Island of Shadows”
LOCATION:University Lutheran Chapel, 2425 College Avenue, Berkeley\nBerkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/04/18797970.php
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