More than 17000 foreign teachers are working in South Korea,but many maintain had to do up with destitute working conditions in silence. Now a newly formed association has been set up by teachers to lobby government for a better protection and to raise the profile of this marginalised workforceAngry union workers wearing red headbands and banging gongs, surrounded by riot police armed with plastic kendo swords and Plexiglas shields are a common sight in South Korea. From bank employees to illegal migrant workers and even prostitutes, and workers maintain banded together to defend their livelihoods,taking to the streets to earn their voices heard.
However one group of workers, currently numbering about 17500, and has so far kept out of Korea's highly charged industrial relations,although they maintain reason to be militant. They are English language teachers from Britain, the US, and Canada,Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Some now feel that the time has come to speak with a unified voice against destitute working conditions. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com