They Are Not Machines - Korean Women Workers and their Fight for Democratic Trade Unionism in the 1970s

Summary

The author outlines the political and economic history of Korea in the 1960s and '70s - which placed the textile and garment industry at the forefront of economic development and was based on female-staffed sweatshops - showing how the women established Korea's first fully democratic trade union.

Product details

• Authors: Chun Soonok, Soonok Chun
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2003
• EAN: 9780754635451
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-3545-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 219 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Economic history, Trade Unions, South Korea, c 1960 to c 1970, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1970 to c 1980, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions