The Awl (2015)
| First Air Date: | 2015, October 24 |
| Last Air Date: | 2015, November 29 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
| Episode Runtime: | 60 min |
| Created by: | Kim Sok-yun |
| Countries: | South Korea |
| Cast: | Lee Jung-eun, Kim Hie-won, Lee Bong-ryeon, Hyun Woo, Ahn Nae-sang, Ahn Sang-woo, Kim Joong-ki, Kim Ga-eun, Yesung, Ji Hyun-woo, Park Si-Hwan |
Overview:
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.