Largest Strike in South Korea

Date: December 26, 1996 • Location: Rome, Italy

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1996–1997.

The Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) is a national trade union center in South Korea formed in 1960. It represents the company union tendency of the South Korean labour movement, as opposed to the more militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).