Union makes a final stand from church courtyard.(opposing Daewoo's takeover by General Motors)(Brief Article)

INSIDE SANGOK-DONG CATHEDRAL, INCHON, South Korea - In the compound of this Roman Catholic cathedral a few blocks from Daewoo Motor Co.'s sprawling Pupyong assembly plant, the remnants of the automaker's union leadership plan their resistance to a GM takeover in noble, if squalid, exile.

Cut off from their members and supporters by police outside who carry arrest warrants for them, and protected only by the Catholic Church's tradition of sanctuary, some 17 union leaders and their families live and work in a ragged collection of tents and lean-tos that ring the cathedral's interior courtyard.

Inside the tents, fax machines, video gear, bedding and cooking utensils vie for space. Union aides, wearing the traditional blood-red headbands of protest, talk into cell phones or attend fax machines as they go about the business of …