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dimnd · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Western USA

ok ..

peppermint · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject:

There are lots of actions that your son can take- but he's gotta want to do something about his situation.

-He can pack up his stuff and just go home ( midnight run)
-He can quit his job.
-He can talk to the people at the labor board and ask them to help.
-He can talk to someone at immigration and have his visa cancelled- freeing him up to find a new and better job
-He can contact the people from EFL law.

Give him the information, but if he's old enough to be teaching here, he should be old enough to choose whatever option he feels is right.

chronicpride · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

What happened to the advice to go check with the Labor board on your other thread on this issue, a week ago?

denverdeath · Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn

Perhaps he can go to a locksmith and put a new lock on his door? If nothing else, it'll piss the director off for a while until he realizes that he can go to the locksmith and have his own key cut for the new lock. Maybe it's better for him to just tell his director that he doesn't want him showing up on his doorstep unannounced? No pay? Tell your son to keep asking for it. Koreans can be bloody persistent and don't really appreciate it when the shoe's on the other foot. After every class, "Where's my pay? When am I getting my pay? Calvin, or whomever, got his pay. Why not me? Where's my pay? I have to pay my bills. Where's my pay?" As for the belittlement, I wouldn't take that...

denverdeath · Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn

p.s. Get your son to get another diploma. When it arrives, have him go in to the school and show it to the director and say, "You can keep my diploma. I have another."

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

I appreciate you wanting to help your son, but he needs to help himself first. He definately needs to go to the labor board. Get something started now. Later might be too late. Also, I would definately suggest changing the locks.

After your son goes to the labor board, his boss will hit the roof. He will threaten to fire him, and probably threaten to have him deported. He can't do this if your son logs his complaint with the labor board. The boss will be blowing a lot of hot air.

I know this must be annoying for you, but you son has to do something about this. He should get a Korean friend and visit the labor board -- then make the complaint.

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

I don't mean to sound cruel but does he really need mommy holding his hand through all this.....

HE is in korea
HE has a lot more control, over the situation than you...

He really needs to take some action and do something about it instead of his mom coming on here and asking questions on what to do......

Maybe the problem is you have been doing everything for him all his life and now he can't stand up to anything without you.....he is a pushover so to speak..

Why can't he get on here ask he questions, we can give him answers and then he can get on with it instead of you realaying the answers..

I can assure you if he is in Gumi, he has ready internet access, if you can figure this out I'm sure he can......

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Think of this as an advantage to help him learn. This will be a good experience for him. Just tell him what we've said to do, and encourage him to be strong. Korea isn't the most fair place in the world, but situations such as your son is in are common here. Unless your boss has some grevious reason for acting the way he does, then the Labor Board will likely side with your boy.

Too many directors pull this kind of crap. They've seen it before.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

i'm starting to think this is a twisted joke of some kind.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

Poster, we all have these problems, we all deal with these problems without our parents. I can understand the concern. Sometimes adult children nned to help their parents out. Here in Korea, the oldest boy feeds and cares for the parents. That might explain your concern.

Being out of the US or Canada is an eye opener, we are quite spoiled at home or at least are treated in a considerate manner. Here there is little recourse after abuse so we have become resourceful and self reliant and thats good.

The first jobs are usually bad with lots of bad stories and they are usually true. He'll be OK.

Big_Bird · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:11 am Post subject:

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004