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First Foreigner Union in Korea Created

 
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Geckoman



Joined: 07 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:11 am    Post subject: First Foreigner Union in Korea Created Reply with quote

The Korea Herald:

Foreigners Form Union in First for Korea
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/12/08/200912080097.asp

Cool
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool!
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crossmr



Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

and in doing so I think those 5 have accomplished far more than ATEk and its thou..er hundreds of members have done.
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Dodgy Al



Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I click that link I get this:

"Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!
The website at www.koreaherald.co.kr contains elements from the site loger.heraldbiz.com, which appears to host malware � software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer."

What's up with that?
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Forward Observer



Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How can we join this union? Very Happy
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crossmr



Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dodgy Al wrote:
When I click that link I get this:

"Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer!
The website at www.koreaherald.co.kr contains elements from the site loger.heraldbiz.com, which appears to host malware � software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer."

What's up with that?


Korean sites are often flagged incorrectly by google and malware reporting sites. It is bloody annoying. If you try to search on google a lot of results often come up with that warning and yet I've never had a problem with any sites. Google wonders why they can't get any real market share here..
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Easter Clark



Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a better write-up from the koreatimes:

English Teachers Establish Labor Union in Incheon

Presumably, to join, you would have to work for the hagwon in question.
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oskinny1



Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Korea Times also has an article. It is all on topic until this:

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A total of 22,905 foreign nationals are here on E-2 English teaching visas as of Oct. 31 this year, according to the Ministry of Justice. Of them, 134 overstayed their visa, the ministry said.


What is the point of putting that in? It would also have been nice if they stated that peoples visas ended the last day of work catching some (probably 134) off guard.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/12/117_56894.html
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crossmr



Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oskinny1 wrote:
The Korea Times also has an article. It is all on topic until this:

Quote:
A total of 22,905 foreign nationals are here on E-2 English teaching visas as of Oct. 31 this year, according to the Ministry of Justice. Of them, 134 overstayed their visa, the ministry said.


What is the point of putting that in? It would also have been nice if they stated that peoples visas ended the last day of work catching some (probably 134) off guard.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/12/117_56894.html


News papers sometimes have random semi-related facts at the ends of articles. It used to be quite common for Canadian news papers to randomly put in the US exchange rate on any article about the US even if there was no mention of money in the article.
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xingyiman



Joined: 12 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like the backlash against AES, I think these are postive steps for native teachers. Apparently in this case the law is clearly on the side of the teachers with respect to the union.
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Captain Obvious



Joined: 23 Oct 2009

PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How long will this last, six months?
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