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The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) is a national trade union center in South Korea formed in 1960. It represents the company union tendency of the South Korean labour movement , as opposed to the more militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).
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 1,153,863 members (41.1% of trade unionists in Korea), the KCTU had 1,134,056 members (40.4 ...
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions ( KCTU ), literally translated as National Confederation of Democratic Trade Unions, also known as Minju-nochong ( Korean: 민주노총; an acronym for "KCTU" in Korean), is a national trade union centre in South Korea officially established in 1995. Its predecessor was the National Council of Trade ...
Federation of Korean Trade Unions The FKTU or Federation of Korean Trade Unions was formed in March 1946 as an effort to oppose the left-leaning GCKTU. [4] The formation of the FKTU had two goals, to support the conservative government and to oppose left-leaning labor movements. [4]
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), literally translated as National Democratic Confederation of Trade Unions, also known as Minju-nochong ( Korean: 민주노총; acronym for KCTU in Korean language) is a national trade union centre officially established in 1995. Following the 2016–17 South Korean protests (Candlelight ...
The General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea ( GFTUK; Korean : 조선직업총동맹; Hancha : 朝鮮職業總同盟) is the sole legal trade union federation in North Korea. GFTUK was formed on November 30, 1945 as the General Federation of Trade Unions of North Korea. [1] In January 1951, it was reorganized and adopted its current name. [2]
Until the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions was recognized by the government in November 1999, the FKTU remained the sole legal association of trade unions in South Korea. In 1990, workers and trade unionists illegally created the Korean Trade Union Congress. By the end of the year, they had 600 affiliated trade unions and 190,000 members.
Worldwide federations Council of Global Unions. The Council of Global Unions (CGU) is made up of ten global union federations (which affiliates national-level sectoral trade unions), the largest international federation of national centres (the ITUC) and the trade union body to the OECD (TUAC).