The
Ministry of Employment and Labor announced on December 30, 2021, that as of 2020, 14.2% of workers were in trade unions in South Korea, a 1.7% increase from 12.5% in 2019. Korea's unionization rate peaked in 1989 at 19.8% and fell to 10% 2004.
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''yonhap news'', December 30, 2021.
There are two
national trade union centre
Organizers within trade unions have sought to increase the bargaining power of workers in regards to collective bargaining by acting in collaboration with other trade unions. Multi-union organizing can take place on an informal basis, or on a ...
s in South Korea: the
Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) and the
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). In 2007, the FKTU had 1,153,863 members (41.1% of trade unionists in Korea), the KCTU had 1,134,056 members (40.4%), and 516,714 workers were members of independent trade unions affiliated to neither national centre.
See also
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South Korean Labor Movement
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Women in unions in South Korea
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Minjung Movement
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Working hours in South Korea
References
Economy of South Korea
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