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• Seoul steps up pressure on striking Korean Air pilots

  - 2005-12-08

  SEOUL AFP — The government has stepped closer intervening to end a pilots' strike at Korean Air amid concerns the industrial action at South Korea's largest airline could undermine a year-end export boom. Korean Air had to cancel 63 percent of all flights scheduled for Friday, up from 53...

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• Korean Air pilots launch strike

  - 2005-12-07

  SEOUL AFP — Pilots at Korean Air have launched a strike to push for higher wages, disrupting domestic and international services. The industrial action forced South Korea's biggest airliner to cancel 204 flights, 53 percent of a total of 387 scheduled for the day, Korean Air said. The...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, Government, Korean Air, salary, strike

• Korean Air avoids strike, management-union deal reached

  - 2004-08-07

  SEOUL AFP ? Trade unionists and management at Korean Air said they had struck a deal on wage hikes, avoiding a feared strike in the busy vacation season. The national flag carrier said intensive talks over the past four days had resulted in an accord on an average six-percent...

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• Locked up

  - 2001-08-20

  This item might better be titled "Industrial relations with a difference." Four pilots from Korean Air Lines [KAL] have been in jail for more than 60 days now, on charges of illegal strike, obstruction of business and union balloting fraud. First Officer Steve Chung, Korean IFALPA director,...

  Tags: FINANCE, Korean Air, Litigation, obstruction, strike

• S. Korean airline employees strike

  - 2001-06-18

  SEOUL, June 12 Kyodo The labor unions of South Korean air carriers Korean Air and Asiana Airlines began a general strike Tuesday, crippling scheduled flights. The strike by pilots at Korean Air will mean cancellation of 54 of 95 scheduled overseas passenger flights and 12...

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• Korean Air Pilots Ready to Strike.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-05-31

  May 30--Pilots at beleaguered Korean Air have voted to go on strike tomorrow if the South Korean government and the airline do not recognize their union. A strike would further damage the credibility of South Korea's national airline, which flies to Boston's Logan International...

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• Korean Air Lines pilots balloted on strike action - Brief Article

  - 2000-05-16

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Korean Air Lines pilots have threatened strike action over their wish to gain legal status as a labour union. The Korean Air Flight Crew Union has planned a vote starting 20 May on whether to take the action, according to the...

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