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DESCRIPTION:Public Forum:  South Korean workers and the struggle against  globalization 
   Tuesday April 6, 2004 6-9pm  Institute for Industrial Relations, UC 
 Berkeley  U.S. Premiere of "Friend or Foe," documentary of KT non-standard 
 workers  union  Followed by Panel Discussion with Filmmaker, Jiyoung Lee, 
 and Labor  Media Activist, Myoung Joon Kim  Sponsored by Korea Solidarity 
 Committee, LaborTech and the Center for  Labor Education, UC Berkeley  
 About "Friend or Foe"  Produced by Labor News Production, Directed by 
 Jiyoung Lee,  2003,  119min  "Friend or Foe" documents the bitter struggle 
 of contracted workers at  KT (Korean Telecommunication) against 
 globalization.  Under the  imperatives of structural adjustment, KT forced 
 workers to work under  "non-regular" contracts at lower pay, heightened job 
 insecurity and  limited legal protection vis-à-vis regularly-employed 
 workers.  When the  company announced its new so-called downsizing plan in 
 2000, they fired  7,000 contract workers.  The targeted workers launched a 
 new union and  waged a bitter struggle.  After 517 consecutive days, the 
 union lost, in  the face of police oppression and betrayal by 
 regularly-employed  workers.  "Friend or Foe" exposes the serious situation 
 imposed by  globalization on workers compelled to accept non-regular status 
 and  provides critical analysis of the weaknesses of the current labor  
 movement. Directed by award-winning female director Jiyoung Lee who won  
 the Best Documentary prize at the 2002 Pusan International Film  Festival.  
 Biography of Panelists  Myoungjoon Kim is a member of the independent labor 
 video activist  organization, Labor News Production (http://www.lnp89.org), 
 president of  local media center MediACT (http://www.mediact.org) and board 
 member of  JinboNet  (http://www.jinbo.net). (Contact : jkim@mediact.org) 
 He has  been integral in the promotion of labor media activism and the  
 implementation and legislation of public access TV.  Kim has also been  an 
 advocate on issues such as independent film and video, documentary,  and 
 the internet.   Jiyoung Lee is currently a member of Labor News Production  
 (http://www.lnp89.org). She made her debut with Labor News16, Video  
 Magazine (1994) and has made several documentaries, such as "The Law of  
 Labor" (1995),  "General Strike 1.2" (1997) and "Fired Workers"(1996).  "On 
 the Right Track (2002) , a documentary about the rail workers  struggle for 
 a democratic union won the Best Documentary award (Woonpa  Award) at 7th 
 Pusan International film festival (2002). Her latest work,  "Friend or   
 Foe" (2003) chronicles the Korean telecommunication non-regular workers  
 union struggle against mass dismissals.  For more info, visit 
 http://www.koreasolidarity.org or contact  info@koreasolidarity.org  
 co-sponsored by LaborTech  http://www.labortech2004.org    \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/03/24/34133.php
SUMMARY:South Korean workers and the struggle against
LOCATION:Institute for Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/03/24/34133.php
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