Thus, Koo argues, the industrial structure, rising political opposition and an emerging working-class culture were significant in the growth of working-class solidarity throughout the 1980s.
The epicentre for such industrialunrest was the industrial city of Ulsan, home of numerous Hyundai subsidiaries, in particular the Hyundai Motor Company and the shipyards of Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Industrialunrest and street demonstrations spread unrest to other industrial cities in the South such as Pusan, Changwon and Masan and to other chaebol workplaces.
Even though labour reforms in India remains a contentious issue, a significant change in India's industrial sector during the year 2002 was a dramatic 50 per cent fall in instances of strikes and lockouts.
The number of industrial strikes and lockouts came down by half to 321 during the first nine months of 2002 from 674 in the previous year, the survey said.
While highest incidence of strikes and lockouts were being faced in the textile, coal-mining and engineering industries, the states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat experienced the highest number of strikes and lockouts in 2001.
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