Tragic factory death sets Yoon administration up for showdown with labor unions



Analysis Tragic factory death sets Yoon administration up for showdown with labor unions Boycott against bakery chain could could fuel labor-led protests against the unpopular, pro-business president John LeeNovember 10, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON A Paris Baguette bakery \| Image: Choo Yut Sing / Flickr South Korean consumers have called for a boycott of Paris Baguette — a ubiquitous South Korean bakery chain — and its parent company SPC Group after a 23-year-old woman was crushed to death at their factory. In the early hours of Oct. 15, 2022, the woman got caught in a sauce mixing machine meant to be operated by two people and was mangled. But the company resumed operations immediately because the Ministry of Employment and Labor had only ordered the suspension of work on the machine involved in the accident — not the entire factory floor. Management ceased operations on © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01South Korea’s won faces a new test as foreign bond buying loses momentum 02Trump’s Russian diesel deal may leave South Korea’s refining boom intact 03Trump’s Alaska LNG claim shows who really runs the US-South Korea alliance 04South Korea’s missile defense push raises new questions over wartime stocks 05South Korea bank hacks expose weak links beyond core financial systems 06Lee-Zelensky feud exposes South Korea’s widening Ukraine policy dilemma 07Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 08Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls

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Tragic factory death sets Yoon administration up for showdown with labor unions

Boycott against bakery chain could could fuel labor-led protests against the unpopular, pro-business president

John LeeNovember 10, 2022

Tragic factory death sets Yoon administration up for showdown with labor unions

A Paris Baguette bakery | Image: Choo Yut Sing / Flickr

South Korean consumers have called for a boycott of Paris Baguette — a ubiquitous South Korean bakery chain — and its parent company SPC Group after a 23-year-old woman was crushed to death at their factory.

In the early hours of Oct. 15, 2022, the woman got caught in a sauce mixing machine meant to be operated by two people and was mangled. But the company resumed operations immediately because the Ministry of Employment and Labor had only ordered the suspension of work on the machine involved in the accident — not the entire factory floor.

Management ceased operations on

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03Trump’s Alaska LNG claim shows who really runs the US-South Korea alliance
04South Korea’s missile defense push raises new questions over wartime stocks
05South Korea bank hacks expose weak links beyond core financial systems
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07Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump
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Tragic factory death sets Yoon administration up for showdown with labor unions

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