international solidarity effort the Convention on homebased workers was presented and adopted in June 1996 at the 83rd Regular Convening of the ILO. KWTU publicized the recommendations adopted by the ILO by publishing a resource booklet. In addition, the KWTU urged the government to investigate the conditions of homebased workers and establish legal support and protection measures for homebased workers. KWTU also urged unions to adopt homebased workers’ rights as labor rights and organize homebased workers. Despite these efforts the protection of homebased workers remains unaddressed 3) Employment Equality Eliminating wage discrimination and securing equal pay for equal work Even though women perform work that is already separated along gender lines and do the same or comparable work as men, women workers have received lower wages. KWWA has sought to address such gendered wage differentials. In 1987 KWWA published a book entitled“The Current Situation of Women’s Labor – Korean Women Workers’ Wage Issues.” This book analyzed the discrimination of women workers, provided theoretical analysis of the wage conditions of women workers from employment to retirement, and offered suggestions about how to resolve the issue of the wage gap(e.g. women continue to receive approximately half the wages of male workers). Also in 1989 the“Resource Guide for the Struggle to Increase Wages for Women Workers” was published presenting case studies of women workers fighting to eliminate discriminatory wages and to secure maternity rights. It explained that women’s low wages and discrimination can be traced to discrimination in employment and hiring, performance evaluation, the allocation of benefits and bonuses, and seniority practices. In 1989, with the support of KWWA and autonomous worker-led struggles in the primarily male Samryung Fine Chemicals and the predominantly female Colombin Confectionary Company and Taehan Optical Enterprise Company 3 , a fixed wage system was established to ensure gender equity. Also in 1989, the women workers at Daerim Trading Company 3 Located in the Guro Digital Industrial Complex, Taehan Optical Enterprise Company was allocating lower wages for women even though there was no difference in their skill levels. The women’s department of the union at Taehan was actively participating in women’s educational programs organized by KWTU, and they conducted a survey on the wage gap, followed by educational and discussion forums about the issue. In the process, they faced heated opposition from male workers who claimed that “men perform more difficult work,” and that“men have a greater responsibility to support the family”, which was countered with the logic that“women also need to make a living,” and“women’s low wages ultimately hurt men as well., After 54 days of struggle, the workers were able to obtain reduced promotions, equalize salary scales between men and women, equalize family pay difference between men and women, and graduated pay raises to narrow the wage gap between men and women.