Migrant workers
We are Workers: South Korea’s Migrant ‘Machines’
In Seoul, South Korea, members and officers of the Migrants' Trade Union (MTU) enter day 22 of a sit-in protest at the Ministry of Labor to denounce local authorities' refusal to issue the union legal recognition just weeks after the Supreme Court affirmed unionization rights for all migrant workers. The following is a conversation with MTU President Udiya Rai, who discusses the MTU's current demands, the South Korean government's anti-migrant policies, the relationship between migrant workers and Korean labor, and more.
Left Voice
August 17, 2015Border Patrol: Impunity to pursue immigrants
19 immigrants were murdered. These murders further confirm the United States´ policy of implementing racial violence against African Americans and Mexicans.
Bárbara Funes
June 26, 2015