Violent repression of trade union demonstrations

Name(s): 
Violent police intervention in workers meetings
Military intervention in workers meetings
Incidence 
That workers joined students on the streets and were forming their own Workers Autonomous Federations was a prime reason for the military massacre in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China in 1989. In 1990, large scale strikes and walkouts in South Korea were crushed with massive force.
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Aggravated by 
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems