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  1. Case No 3238 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 30-AUG-16International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)The complainant organizations allege the unilateral adoption of government guidelines affecting the autonomous nature of collective bargaining without full consultation with social partners; the qualification of a strike as illegal with regard to its objective of opposing government policy; criminal charges and prosecution of a union leader in relation to the organization of a strike and participation in demonstrations; use of excessive police force against peaceful protestors resulting in injury and arrest and prosecution of union members and officials for participation in demonstrations
  2. Follow-up information requested from Governments - Report No 384, March 2018 ( 238 - 301 )
  3. Case No 3237 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 01-NOV-16International Transport Workers’ Union (ITF), Public Services International (PSI), Korean Confederation of Trade Union (KCTU) and Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU)Unilateral imposition of changes to public sector pay structures, failure to consult with the social partners during the preparation and application of instruments governing terms and conditions of employment, restrictions on free and voluntary collective bargaining and on the right to strike, arrests and imprisonment of trade union officers and members, disciplinary actions against trade unionists, and provisional seizure of trade union assets
  4. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 386, June 2018 ( 160 - 213 )
  5. Case No 3227 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 02-SEP-16the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and the Korean Metal Workers' Union (KMWU) Acts of anti-union discrimination, harassment and employer interference with internal trade union affairs culminating in compelling workers to unilaterally disaffiliate from the industrial union KMWU and change the union structure by establishing a breakaway management-dominated company union, which was validated by the Supreme Court albeit in violation of national law and the internal KMWU statutes
  6. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 384, March 2018 ( 250 - 285 )
  7. Case No 3047 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 05-DEC-13Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU-KCTU), Korean Confederation of Trade Union (KCTU), IndustriALL Global Union (IndustriALL) and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)The complainant organizations allege a “no-union” corporate policy in the context of misused subcontracting and precarious employment relations; anti-union practices involving harassment, intimidation, pressure to withdraw from trade unions and dismissals of union leaders; resistance to collective bargaining and non compliance with concluded agreements; and the Government’s inaction to address these allegations
  8. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 381, March 2017 ( 322 - 365 )
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