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DESCRIPTION:Class Struggle in Korea - A Report\nKorean Workers Struggles From The 
 Healthcare Workers, The Fight Against The\nUnion Busting Yoon Government & 
 The Defense of Palestinian Workers & People\nPanel Discussion\nMonday, 
 April 15, 2024\n3:30 PM\nSan Francisco Main Public Library\nLatino 
 Room\n500 Larkin St., San Francisco\n\nThere is a national strike in Korea 
 of medical interns and the entire medical system is under stress as a 
 result of privatization and profiteering. At the same time, the government 
 is attacking and jailing union members and leaders accusing them of 
 “corruption” while the gov-\nernment is mired in corruption and turning 
 the wealth of Korea toward militarization and the US encirclementof China 
 and North Korea for war. There is a national strike in Korea of medical 
 interns and the entire medical system is under stress as a result of 
 privatization and profiteering. At the same time, the government is 
 attacking and jailing union members and\nleaders accusing them of 
 “corruption” while the government is mired in corruption and turning 
 the wealth of Korea toward militarization and the US encirclement of China 
 and North Korea for war.\n\nSong, Ho-joon is a railway worker who has 
 participated in the Korean labor movement and\nrailway workers’ 
 organizing struggles for the last three decades. He has been 
 imprisoned\ntwice due to his involvement in railway workers’ strikes. In 
 2015, the union members of\nKCTU Seoul Region elected him as General 
 Secretary of the Korean Confederation of Trade\nUnions (KCTU) Seoul 
 Regional Council. After his two-year term was over, he went back to\nhis 
 workplace in 2017 where his job is to maintain and repair facilities and 
 train cars.\nJoon Seok is with the National Workers Meeting To Restore 
 Grassroots Struggles & Realize\nWorking Class Solidarity & A socialist 
 activist in Ulsan which is the largest industrial city in\nKorea.\n\nSong, 
 Ho-joon is a railway worker of KRWU  who has participated in the Korean 
 labor movement and railway workers’ organizing struggles for the last 
 three decades. He has been imprisoned\ntwice due to his involvement in 
 railway workers’ strikes. In 2015, the union members of\nKCTU Seoul 
 Region elected him as General Secretary of the Korean Confederation of 
 Trade\nUnions (KCTU) Seoul Regional Council. After his two-year term was 
 over, he went back to\nhis workplace in 2017 where his job is to maintain 
 and repair facilities and train cars.\nJoon Seok is with the National 
 Workers Meeting To Restore Grassroots Struggles & Realize\nWorking Class 
 Solidarity & A socialist activist in Ulsan which is the largest industrial 
 city in\nKorea.\n\n Front Committee For A Labor Party (UFCLP)\nEndorsed by 
 WorkWeek, United Public Workers For Action (UPWA)\nufclp.org, 
 info@ufclp.org\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/04/02/18864757.php
SUMMARY:Class Struggle in Korea - A Report On Korean Workers Struggles
LOCATION:San Francisco Main Public Library\nLatino Room\n500 Larkin St., San 
 Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/04/02/18864757.php
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