Trade unions in South Korea

The Ministry of Labor announced on 19 September 2008 that as of December 2007, 10.8% of workers were in trade unions in South Korea, a 0.5% increase from 10.3% in 2006. Korea’s unionization rate peaked in 1989 at 19.8% and fell to 10% 2004.^[1]

There are two national trade union centres in South Korea: the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). In 2007, the FKTU had 740,308 members (43.9% of trade unionists in Korea), the KCTU had 682,418 members (40.4%), and 265,056 workers were members of independent trade unions affiliated to neither national centre.^[1]

References

1 2 Unionization rate in 2007 stands at 10.8 percent first upward move in 18 years Korea International Labour Foundation, 19 September 2008. Accessed 2009-04-09.

Economy of South Korea

History	Chaebol 1997 Asian financial crisis Four Asian Tigers Five-Year Plans of South Korea Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive Miracle on the Han River

Currency	Won (1945–1953) Hwan (1953–1962) Won (1962–) Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation Bank of Korea

Industry and business	Automotive industry Companies Energy Exports Financial services Fishing industry Markets Real estate Rice production Trade unions Korea National Oil Corporation

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Rankings	International rankings Regions by GDP

Finance and banking	Korea Exchange KOSDAQ KRX 100 KOSPI Banks

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See also: Economy of North Korea

Trade unions in Asia

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