[1] It was established to address poor working conditions and wage theft, widespread inequality and discrimination at the workplace.
[4] Until the late 1990s, migrant workers support system existed in South Korea and focused on individual cases of human rights deprivations.
[5] With the implementation of Employment Permit System (EPS), many organizations formed migrant workers support movement from the perspective of labor unionism.
The migrant workers filed a lawsuit, but the lower court upheld the first ruling and again denied the MTU legal recognition as a labor union.
[10] MTU is affiliated to the Seoul Regional Council of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, therefore it lacks a national support network of migrant workers.