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Korean Workers get Sirius

Female factory workers wage three-year strike against satellite radio manufacturer.

By Mischa Gaus

As they wage a tireless battle against Sirius Satellite Radio, a small band of Korean unionists offers a grim lesson on how corporations have put the screws to workers. A group of women who assemble radios for Sirius in Seoul, South Korea, organized a union three years ago after the company made the women work 13-hour days, six to seven days… return to article

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