Korea: “Will workers continue to live as the slaves of the capitalists?”
600 workers have been occupying the paint shop at the Ssangyong Motor plant in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, for over two months to protest over massive job cuts that are part of a restructuring plan. The company had planned to sack 36% of the workforce. Gas, water and food supplies to the paint shop were cut off ten days ago and riot police have surrounded the plant and are threatening a massive raid on the factory to evict the workers. The police have dropped tear-gas using helicopters and are working alongside company-hired thugs armed with baseball bats and martial arts weapons. The workers...