Native English teachers suffer setback in hagwon labor dispute

A group of native English teachers in Ulsan suffered a setback in a labor dispute with their former employers after a regional labor panel rejected their claims that they lost their jobs for organizing a labor union.

The Ulsan Regional Labor Relations Commission on Wednesday evening dismissed complaints filed by former teachers at the Ulsan branches of English academy chains Dux and Warwick Franklin in Nam-gu.

The teachers alleged that their contracts were not renewed in retaliation for efforts ...