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  1. Case No 3457 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 05-MAR-24the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and Korean Government Workers Union (KGEU)The complainants allege that the Government has infringed the KGEU’s right to organize and bargain collectively by interfering with a referendum held by that public sector union, interfering with the trade union activities of its members and urging them to withdraw from it, and ordering the revision of collective agreements while denying their validity
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  2. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 412, November 2025 ( 515 - 620 )
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  3. Case No 3439 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 19-DEC-22the Korean Public Service and Transport Worker’s Union (KPTU), the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), the International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF), Public Services International (PSI) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)The complainant organizations allege that the Government does not recognize the trade union status of the KPTU sectoral division TruckSol and has infringed the freedom of association of its members by issuing Commencement of Work Orders to striking truck drivers and using military vehicles and personnel to carry out replacement transport during the TruckSol national strike of 24 November to 8 December 2022. They further denounce acts of interference, anti-union discrimination and retaliatory measures against truck drivers in the aftermath of the strike
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  4. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 405, March 2024 ( 510 - 565 )
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  5. Case No 3436 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 20-OCT-22Building and Woodworkers International (BWI), the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)The complainant organizations allege that through the misuse of several national laws, the Government has qualified as unlawful certain activities of the Korean Construction Workers Union (KCWU), an industrial trade union affiliated to the KFCITU, and has imposed civil and criminal sanctions on the union while the activities at issue are aimed at providing jobs to union members in a sector characterized by intermittence of employment, are common union practices around the world and in line with International Labour Standards
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  6. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 408, October 2024 ( 600 - 662 )
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  7. Case No 3430 (Republic of Korea) - Complaint date: 15-JUN-22Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU), the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and the Public Services International (PSI) The complainants allege that the Government employs Budget, Management and Innovation Guidelines, as well as management performance evaluations, to pressure public institutions and their unions to agree to changes in working conditions disadvantageous to workers, in particular in relation to wages in violation of the principle of free collective bargaining
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  8. Report in which the committee requests to be kept informed of development - Report No 403, June 2023 ( 438 - 495 )
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