Hyung-A Kim

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Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor AristocracyHardcover, 15 May 2020

Korean Skilled Workers: Toward a Labor Aristocracy
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Part of Series
Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of Internation
Print Length
232 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Date Published
15 May 2020
ISBN-10
029574720X
ISBN-13
9780295747200

Description

South Korea's triumphant development has catapulted the country's economy to the eleventh largest in the world. Large family-owned conglomerates, or chaebŏls, such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG, have become globally preeminent manufacturing brands. Yet Korea's highly disciplined, technologically competent skilled workers who built these brands have become known only for their successful labor-union militancy, which in recent decades has been criticized as collective "selfishness" that has allowed them to prosper at the expense of other workers.

Hyung-A Kim tells the story of Korea's first generation of skilled workers in the heavy and chemical industries sector, following their dramatic transition from 1970s-era "industrial warriors" to labor-union militant "Goliat Warriors," and ultimately to a "labor aristocracy" with guaranteed job security, superior wages, and even job inheritance for their children. By contrast, millions of Korea's non-regular employees, especially young people, struggle in precarious and insecure employment.

This richly documented account demonstrates that industrial workers' most enduring goal has been their own economic advancement, not a wider socialist revolution, and shows how these individuals' paths embody the consequences of rapid development.

Product Details

Author:
Hyung-A Kim
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 May 2020
Dimensions:
23.11 x 16 x 2.03 cm
Genre:
East Asian
ISBN-10:
029574720X
ISBN-13:
9780295747200
Language:
English
Location:
Seattle
Pages:
232
Weight:
476.27 gm

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