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We analyse the industrial relations system in South Korea (‘Korea’ for shorthand from now on) in terms of the ebbs and flows of different forms and types of waves of anti-unionism This focuses upon the background, trends in unionisation and conflict, and forms of anti-unionism within the historical, political, economic, social and cultural background. We can see this evolving over five key periods: pre-1945, 1945–1987, 1988–1997, 1997–2010 and post-2010.
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Rowley, C., Bae, K.S. (2013). Waves of Anti-Unionism in South Korea. In: Gall, G., Dundon, T. (eds) Global Anti-Unionism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137319067_11
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