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Organized Labor and Civil Society for Multiculturalism: A Solidarity Success Story from South Korea

ISBN: 978-1-83982-389-3, eISBN: 978-1-83982-388-6

Publication date: 20 November 2020

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(2020), "Index", Kim, J.K. (Ed.) Organized Labor and Civil Society for Multiculturalism: A Solidarity Success Story from South Korea, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83982-388-620200010

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Acculturation schemes
, 114

Advocacy

consolidation and gender formation of advocacy organizations
, 59–63

outcomes
, 17–23

Affirmative action
, 118, 120

Affirmative discrimination
, 120n6

Affirmative minoritization
, 125

AFL-CIO
, 30

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967)
, 118

Amore Pacific Corporation
, 56n12

Ansan’s ethnic diversity
, 102

Anti-racism
, 104, 121

“Anti-racist practices”
, 104

Antiimmigrant organizations
, 27, 30

Antiimmigration
, 27–30

“Anxiety about ethnic minorities”
, 27

‘Association for Foreign Workers’ Human Rights
, 1

At-risk populations
, 97

Bilingual Education Act (1968)
, 118

Borders of race and culture
, 101–103

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
, 118

C-4 visas
, 51n8

Centrum Partij in Netherlands
, 28

Chaebol enterprises
, 31

Chinatown (movie)
, 89

Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ)
, 11, 18, 32, 78

Civil and political rights (CPR)
, 84n23

Civil Rights Act (1964)
, 118

Civil society, activation of
, 10–14

Civil society organizations (CSOs)
, 2–3, 25, 32, 61

significance
, 42–44

‘Common Committee for Opposing Crackdown on Migrant Workers, Abolition of Trainee System and Securing Migrants’ Rights, Korea (COCATS)
, 21

Conglomerates
, 31

Conscience laundering
, 99n9

Constitutional Court
, 78–79

“Critical race literacy pedagogy”
, 104

Cultural

binaries in societies
, 100

culturally deficit populations
, 97

democracy model
, 114–116

pluralism
, 115

Damunhwa (multiculture)
, 2–4, 25, 91–92, 94, 97, 99, 113–114

Defector Protection and Support Act (1997)
, 83

“Development of underdevelopment” policies
, 33

Dirty, dangerous, and difficult occupations (3-Ds occupations)
, 126

Discrimination Remedy Committee
, 58

Disuniting of America, The
, 120

Divergences of equality discourse
, 119–121

Domestic labor employment patterns
, 9

Dongdaemun Training Facility Park
, 39

Dongpo
, 75, 77, 81, 83

e pluribus unum
, 125

E-6 entertainment visas
, 52

Embedded advocacy
, 75–88

“Employment Creation Program”
, 74–75n7

Employment Permit System (EPS)
, 3, 8, 10, 38, 40, 75

“Equal pay for equal work” principle
, 109

Equal Protection Clause of 14th Amendment
, 118

Equality Trade Union–Migrant Worker Division (ETU-MWD)
, 36, 39

Ethnic belonging, politics of
, 75–88

Ethnicized maternal citizenship
, 102

European Union (EU)
, 28

F6 marriage migrants visas
, 53

Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU)
, 31

Federation of North Korea Human Rights Organizations
, 89

Fighters for Free North Korea
, 89

Finns Party in Finland
, 28

“First CEDAW Impact Study”
, 62

First-order multiculturalism
, 114–116

“Food pedagogy” of official multiculturalism
, 101

“Foreign Labor Policy” framework
, 80

Foreign Worker Counseling Center in Ansan
, 13

“Foreign Worker Employment and Related Law”
, 40

“Foreign Worker Protection Law”
, 12, 19, 38

Foreign Workforce Policy Committee
, 12

Gender

formation of migrant advocacy
, 45

gendered discourse regarding marriage migrants and international sex workers
, 63–66

perspectives
, 46–47

Globalism
, 12

Government policies toward marriage migrants and international sex workers
, 56–59

‘Great Workers’ Struggle
, 26

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 48

Grutter v. Bollinger U. S. Supreme Court case
, 120

Guest-worker programs
, 123n10

“Habitus”
, 122n8

“Honour Society” for high-level contributors
, 100

Imahngahp
, 69

Immigration
, 27

Immigration and Naturalization Act (1965)
, 118

Immigration Policy Commission
, 23n14

Immoral act
, 58

In-Laws: Nice to Meet You
, 14

Incendiary racism
, 94

Independent, The newspaper
, 28

“Industrial Technical Trainee System”
, 7–8

Industrial Trainee System
, 79

Intercultural education
, 114–116

Interethnic marriages
, 23, 54, 56

Internal orientalism
, 4, 92–103

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
, 60

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR)
, 60

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
, 60

International labor migration, pattern of
, 33

International marriage migrants
, 102

International migrants
, . (see also Marriage migrants)

in Korea’s labor market
, 8–10

workers
, 7

International Migrants’ Organization in Korea (IMOK)
, 36

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
, 46, 60n2

International sex workers

gendered discourse regarding
, 63–66

government policies toward
, 56–59

Internationalization of rural communities
, 56

Joint Committee with Migrant Workers in Korea (JCMK)
, 12, 34, 42, 107–108

Joint Taskforce Committee
, 33

“Joint Taskforce Committee to Repeal Discriminatory Overseas Korean Act”
, 78

K-12 public school systems
, 119

Korea

advocacy organizations
, 45

civil society
, 34

E-6–2 visa system
, 50

Family Law
, 62n22

international migrants in Korea’s labor market
, 8–10

internationalization of sex, entertainment, and marriage industries
, 46–47

labor movement in contemporary society
, 26

marriage migration to
, 55–56

migrant advocacy organizations
, 125–127

migrant population
, 37

modern-day women’s movement history
, 59–60

social movement
, 60

trade unions
, 44

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
, 99

Korea Alliance for Progressive Movement
, 26

Korea Congress of Independent Industrial Trade Union Federations
, 31

Korea Labor Institute
, 9

Korea Legal Aid Corporation (KLAC)
, 19

Korea Trade Union Congress (KTUC)
, 31

Korea Women Development Institute (KWDI)
, 16

Korea Women’s Associations United (KWAU)
, 62

Korea’s Labor Standards Act
, 26

Korea’s Labor Standards Law
, 8, 11, 17

Korea’s MIT. (see Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))

Korean
, 88–90

diaspora in historical context
, 70

heritage communities
, 4

international-student-colleague
, 1

Korean-heritage migrants in Korea
, 71–75

society
, 4

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
, 99

Korean Chinese
, 72, 77n8, 89

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
, 25, 31–35, 43, . (see also Trade unions)

Sit-in Protest Group
, 40

solidarity projects with migrant workers
, 36–37

subsidiaries
, 26

‘Korean Construction Workers’ Union
, 26

‘Korean Contingent Workers’ Center
, 109

Korean Council of Trade Union Representatives
, 31

Korean Immigration Service
, 91

Korean Institute of Criminology (KIC)
, 51

Korean Media Rating Board
, 50

‘Korean Metal Workers’ Union
, 26

Korean National Council of Women
, 59

Korean Presbyterian Church
, 13

‘Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union
, 26

Korean War
, 70

Korean Women’s Association United
, 50

Koryo-saram
, 74n6

Koryo
, 74n6

Koryoin Compatriot Act
, 74

Koryoin Declaration
, 86

Koryoin
, 74n6

Labor activists
, 43

Labor Day celebration (2005)
, 27

Labor Party
, 109

in Norway
, 27

Labor rights to multicultural human rights

first-order multiculturalism
, 114–116

Korea’s migrant advocacy organizations
, 125–127

migrant advocacy organizations and multicultural discourse
, 108–113

paradox of multiculturalism
, 119–121

praxis multiculturalism
, 125–127

second-order multiculturalism
, 116–119

third-order multiculturalism
, 121–125

Labor unions
, 3, 27–30, 41

Labor-rotation scheme
, 126

Lau et al. v. Nichols (1974)
, 119

Lawyers for Democratic Society
, 12, 109

Lewisian turning point
, 2

“Liberal Feminism has a Sex Work Problem”
, 45

“Lingling”
, 69

Long-term strategy
, 39

Love in Asia
, 14

“Mail-order brides” phenomenon
, 51

Marriage migrants
, 51, . (see also International migrants)

gendered discourse regarding
, 63–66

government policies toward
, 56–59

Marriage migration to Korea
, 55–56

Mass media
, 14–17, 27

Media
, 16

Medical Mutual-Aid Union for Migrant Workers in Korea (MUMK)
, 19, 21

Midnight Runners (movie)
, 89

Migrant

advocacy organizations
, 100–101, 108–113

migrant-advocacy organizations
, 12

women advocacy organizations
, 47

Migrant Forum in Asian (MFA)
, 19–20

Migrant Trade Union (MTU)
, 26, 35–41, 109

Migrant Worker Struggle Headquarter (MWSH)
, 38, 108–109

Migrant-Women-Human-Rights Solidarity
, 65

Miguk
, 70

Ministry of Gender Equality
, 56, 58

Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
, 48

Ministry of Justice
, 75

Ministry of Labor
, 75

Modern-day slavery
, 8

Multicultural discourse
, 108–113

Multicultural education in Korea
, 91

borders of race and culture
, 101–103

challenges
, 103–105

internal orientalism
, 92–103

multicultural performative acts
, 92–103

symbolic orientalism
, 100–101

vulnerable populations and philanthropic society
, 94–100

“Multicultural families”
, 94

Multicultural Family Support Law
, 23, 58, 102

Multicultural performative acts
, 92–103

Multiculturalism
, 120

first-order
, 114–116

paradox of
, 119–121

praxis
, 125–127

second-order
, 116–119

third-order
, 121–125

Myung-dong Catholic Church
, 75

National Assembly
, 23, 40, 58

National Human Rights Commission Act
, 60

National Human Rights Commission of Korea
, 60

National laws
, 27

National Organization for Women (NOW)
, 45

National Professor Association for Fair Democratic Society
, 109

National Student March
, 109

National Unification Advisory Council
, 88–89

Nationalism
, 3

Nationality Act
, 22

Nationality Law
, 62

Negative self-identification theory
, 93

Newspapers
, 16

“No to Corona Racism”
, 107

Noblesse oblige
, 127

Nongovernment organizations (NGOs)
, 3, 58, 91

chronology of NGO activism
, 18–21

North Korean Compatriot Returnee Protection Law
, 74

North Korean Defector Protection and Settlement Support Act
, 82

North Korean defectors
, 84

North Korean Refugees Protection and Settlement Support Act
, 74

Orient
, 93

Orientalism
, 92, . (see also Multiculturalism)

Overseas Korean Act (1999)
, 72–75, 79–80

Overseas Korean Foundation Act
, 79n13, 82

Paradox of multiculturalism
, 119–121

‘Part-Time Workers’ Union
, 26

Peace Asia
, 87

People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE)
, 84

People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy
, 12

People’s Solidarity for Social Progress
, 109

Philanthropic colonialism
, 97

Political

parties
, 30

speeches
, 27

Politics of culture
, 27–30

Praxis multiculturalism
, 125–127

Prostitution
, 48, 65–66

Provincial Government
, 55

Public Interest Human Rights Law Foundation
, 109

Public perception
, 14–17

Race
, 3, 105

Racialization
, 122n9

Racism
, 105, 122–123

Radio programs
, 16

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
, 120

Relational epistemology
, 100

Republic of Korea
, 60, 83

San Francisco State University (SFSU)
, 119

Sarangbang Center for Human Rights
, 12

Second-order multiculturalism
, 116–119

Sejong
, 26

Seoul-Kyunggi-Inchon Area
, 35–41

Seoul-Kyungin-Area Equality Labor Union, Migrant Worker Division
, 109

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
, 30

Sex Equality Forum
, 66

Sex industry in South Korea
, 46

Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA)
, 8

Social change
, 17–23

Social engineering
, 120

Social integration policies
, 91

“Social justice education”
, 104

Social reproduction process
, 45n1

Socialist Internacionale
, 28

Socialist Revolution Labor Party
, 109

Solidarity for Migrant Human Rights (SMHR)
, 113

South Korea
, 91

activation of civil society
, 10–14

advocacy outcomes and social change
, 17–23

international migrants in Korea’s labor market
, 8–10

labor unions
, 3

manufacturing unauthorized workers and advocacy in
, 7

mass media and public perception
, 14–17

sex industry
, 48–51

Special Committee for Amending Anti-Prostitution Law
, 59

“Support Center for Foreign Worker Human Rights”
, 12

Supreme Court

decisions
, 43–44

of Korea
, 17, 22

Swedish Trade Union Confederation
, 27

Symbolic orientalism
, 100–101

Television
, 16

Temporary labor importation scheme
, 10

Third-order multiculturalism
, 5, 121–125

Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972)
, 118

Trade unions
, 27

in Korean context
, 42–44

Triumph of civil rights and legal protection
, 116–119

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
, 62

United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
, 50, 60

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
, 62n24

Universalism
, 12

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
, 119

Visitation Employment System
, 75

Welfare chauvinism
, 27

White Man’s Burden (Rudyard Kipling’s poem)
, 93

Women “marriage migrants”
, 3–4

Won-gok-dong
, 101

Xenophobia
, 43

Yellow Sea, The
, 89

Yeosu Immigration Detention Center
, 14