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Wrongfully Detained Korean Union Leader Han Sang-gyun Wins Release
… union protests. President Han represents the best of the labor movement—an advocate armed with unwavering dedication to the fight for economic justice, even in the face of personal persecution. Across the globe, working people salute his … detainment highlights the enormous fights that lie ahead for working people, and the release of Han reflects our capacity to ultimately win. In 2017, AFL-CIO awarded Han with the George Meany–Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award for his activism on … organize a union at the auto manufacturing plant where he worked. In 2008, he was elected chair of his union. His efforts to fight layoffs at his company led to a 77-day occupation of the plant for which Han was sent to prison for three years. …