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Not sure what the lesson is? South Korea is a very different country. Their laws and constitution were written by New Deal Democrats at a time when there was al
by blululu 5y ago
Not sure what the lesson is?
South Korea is a very different country. Their laws and constitution were written by New Deal Democrats at a time when there was almost no existing industry and no opposition from the likes of Robert Taft and Henry Ford. The situation is very different in 21st century America.
Unions can be a productive part of an industrial system, but just throwing up a union is not really going to solve things that simply.
- monocasa 5y agoTheir constitution has been completely rewritten several times, most recently in 1987.
- blululu 5y agoThe original 1948 constitution stands with a series of amendments. The June Democracy movement of 1987 did not rewrite the constitution, they merely passed an amendment limiting the powers of the executive branch and strengthening democratic process. Collective bargaining rights have always been a feature in the South Korean economy and it would be exceedingly difficult for anyone to change this.
- monocasa 5y agoAmendments not like the US Constitution amendments, but including ones that rewrite the whole of the constitution. That's how they've gone back and forth between a presidential system and a parliamentary system, and frankly between a semi functioning democracy and an outright dictatorship. The point is, they're not simply keeping the collective bargaining rights because they're too difficult to change since the 1940s. The ROK have no qualms making massive changes to the very core of their constitution, including rewriting what got in the way of a corporatist dictatorship under Park.