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labour | workers' rights
An umbrella labor association of the South Korean metalworkers vowed Tuesday to stage a strike next week to block the parliament's ratification of a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Responding to intense and widespread opposition from both US and Korean workers, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is trying to stop the Bush government's proposed "free trade" pact with South Korea.
The United States has proposed revisions for a free trade agreement with South Korea to reflect Washington's new guidelines that call for stricter labor and environmental standards, officials said Saturday.
The labor unions of Hyundai Motor and sister company Kia Motors have invited public criticism by deciding to stage a "political" strike against the recently concluded Korea-US free trade agreement.
Workers at South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. will stage partial strikes this month to protest a proposed free trade agreement between South Korea and the U.S., labor unions at the two companies said Tuesday.
A U.S. congressman on Monday demanded changes to a tentative free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea that he argued could allow the Asian trading partner to export North Korea-made goods to the United States.
A senior senator in the Philippines on Wednesday said the Philippine government must impose safety nets to safeguard the jobs of thousands of Filipino workers particularly in the garments, electric appliances, and automobile assembly sectors, who stand to lose their jobs if the trade deal with Japan goes through.
Business is gearing up for a huge fight over the Colombia free-trade agreement (FTA) as Colombian President Alvaro Uribe heads to Washington for the second consecutive month to lobby for the controversial pact.
The Labor Ministry on Monday expressed some reservations on the information contained in the US National Labor Committee report on workers at Jordan's garment factories which are exporting duty-free under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
New RP-Japan trade pact may just spell false hopes for Filipino health care workers.
