Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

...The only labor organization that existed was the Korean Federation of Trade Unions (reorganized as the Korean Trade Union Confederation under the Lee administration), but because it had a strong government-like character, forces seeking a democratic labor movement formed the National Council of Trade Unions in 1959. In a military coup in May 1961, all labor organizations were dissolved, and in August the Park administration organized the Korean Trade Union Confederation (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions) centering on the connections of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions, which served to integrate the labor movement into the system. In response to this, independent labor movements calling for the restoration of basic labor rights that had been taken away under the authoritarian political system began to develop in various places in the 1970s, starting with the self-immolation of Jeon Tae-il, a garment worker at Seoul's Peace Market in November 1970.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…李政権下で大韓労働組合総連合に改組)が唯一の存在であったが，御用団体的性格が強かったため，民主的労働運動を求める勢力は59年に新たに全国労働組合協議会を結成した。61年5月の軍事クーデタですべての労働団体が解散させられ，8月に朴政権は大韓労総の人脈を中心に韓国労働組合総連盟(韓国労総)を組織し，労働運動を体制内に統合する機能を果たさせた。これに対して強権的政治体制のもとで奪われていた労働基本権の回復を求める自立した労働運動が，70年11月ソウル平和市場の縫製労働者全泰壱の焼身自殺を皮切りに70年代に各地で展開されていった。…

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