section_path: Labor movements
section_name: Labor movements
paragraph_text: Labor movements
  
  In 1974, Kim served as the assistant cloth cutter at a fabric plant in Cheonggyecheon, acquiring national engineer's licenses for environmental management and safety management in 1977. He was elected as the Dorco Labor Union Leader of the Federation of Korean Metal Workers Trade Unions in 1978. He was arrested and tortured by the dictatorial government in 1980, but his indictment was suspended so that he could serve for Dorco again. In 1981, Kim married Seol Nan-young, a former female labor activist and former union leader of Sejin Electronics in Guro 2nd Industrial Complex, who had once provided shelter while he was on the run.
  
  Kim served as the secretary of the Jeon Tae-il Memorial Society in 1985 and was arrested again for participating in the Incheon May 3 Protest for Constitutional Amendment for Direct Election System in 1986 when he served as a member of the direction committee for Seoul Confederation of Labor Movement. He was tortured and was imprisoned for two and a half years. In 1986, Kim was arrested on charges of leading the Incheon May 3 direct election constitutional amendment struggle as a member of the Seoul Confederation of Labor Movement, was tortured, and served two years in prison.