The Awl (2015)

The drama tells the story of average workers, who silently work hard on each one’s own task. They finally pull together as a team to fight through a difficult and unfair situation. Lee Soo-In has the kind of temperament where he has to do the right thing no matter what. After his discharge from the military, he finds work at a large retail market. One day, his boss orders him to fire temporary employees at the store. Lee Soo-In refuses to do so and decides to join the labor union. He and the temporary employees struggle against unfair dismissals. The drama is based on a webtoon of the same name, which is in turn inspired by real-life events that transpired in 2002 when union workers were unfairly fired from large supermarket chain Carrefour, and fought back.

Released Oct. 24, 2015 60 min Episode 60 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.employer, imdb.minimum-wage, imdb.grocery-store, imdb.sacked, imdb.fired, imdb.temp-worker, tmdb.based-on-webcomic-or-webtoon + 15 more, imdb.exploitation, imdb.corporation, imdb.employment, imdb.supermarket, imdb.boss, imdb.union, imdb.manager, imdb.labor, imdb.labor-strike, imdb.strike, imdb.management, imdb.labor-union, tmdb.labor-strike, tmdb.labor-rights, imdb.worker