On March 6th, 2012, a Memorial Day was held in Seoul for deceased Samsung worker Hwang Yumi and all the other occupational deaths in Semiconductor/Electronics Industry…
Father of Hwang Yumi, a Samsung worker who died of leukemia five years ago. He was one of the first to realize the problem of occupational cancers and illnesses among Samsung workers and challenge Samsung to take responsiblity
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- Father of Hwang Yumi, a Samsung worker who died of leukemia five years ago. He was one of the first to realize the problem of occupational cancers and illnesses among Samsung workers and challenge Samsung to take responsiblity
You can see the original and more photos of SHARPs’ activities at their website here:
http://cafe.daum.net/samsunglabor/CMLV/200
http://cafe.daum.net/samsunglabor/CMLV/201
[…] Smell of Humanity is about the father of a 21-year-old woman worker who died of leukemia after having working for two years at a semiconductor lab of Samsung […]
[…] Hwang Yumi, the first leukemia victim who came out against Samsung, was hired at the Samsung chip unit in 2003 when Hwang Chang-gyu began his big push on speed and volume. In 2005, she was diagnosed with leukemia. In 2007, Yumi died at the age of 23. Her family’s public outcry led to the formation of SHARPS. […]