organization such as a women worker’s association is needed that focuses on women’s issues. Understanding the conditions for women workers changes the order of priority in the labor movement. Things which are not normally considered as part of the labor movement, such as maternity protection, child care, etc. are important concerns within the women worker’s movement. 2) The present situation at and challenges for the KWWA Democracy and communication – generation gap and understanding There are differences between the younger work for the women workers movement in activists and older activists. The reasons why they political pluralism. Older activists think that the became activists, their ways of working, and their younger ones, who make more efforts to balance matters of concern are different. The older their activism with their private lives, are generation is more devoted to the labor movement somewhat self-centered but much wiser than they that the younger one, and the younger generation themselves were. tries harder to achieve a balance between their KWWA is a mass organization and so it activities in the labor movement and their private is necessary for activists to communicate with all lives. Older activists are more labor movement­the members of KWWA. Younger activists who oriented, and younger ones are more sensitive to work at branches of the KWWA admit it is not feminism and prefer more varied and creative easy to communicate with and organize members ways of working. in their 40s and 50s because there is not enough Older activists know that the younger communication and not enough shared experience ones are different from themselves and between the groups. Lack of communication understand the differences. The older activists between the generations is an obstacle for think it will be harder for the younger ones to younger activists to move on. Working conditions and wages The biggest problem in working conditions at KWWA is low wages. Activists with ten years experience at headquarters get paid about 1 million won per month and activists in branch offices get paid from 600 to 800 thousand won per month. Activists think these low wages should be increased, but they don’t think their pay should be as much as those paid in companies. However, they say there aren’t sufficient financial resources for a paid increase right now. In this situation, activists try to spend less rather than getting an increase in pay. Spending less might be regarded as self-sacrifice required in the women worker’s movement.