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Int'l Solidarity With KCTU

LabourStart ("Where trade unionists start their day on the net") yesterday afternoon launched "what might be the most important online campaign we've ever done". In a letter to all LabourStart correspondents they explained:

"As you may know, the South Korean government has launched a brutal
assault on that country's trade union movement. Arrest warrants have
been issued for the leaders of the Korean Confederation of Trade
Unions (KCTU) including their president and general secretary.
Leaders of other unions have also been threatened with arrest. The
KCTU's vice president has been jailed. The union leaders are holed up
inside the union headquarters, the building surrounded by police.
They have asked for our help.
This afternoon, we launched a major new LabourStart campaign which is
in the process of being translated right now. We hope to have it
running in no fewer than ten languages."

And in less than 24 hours already more than 2,100 people supported the English version of the campaign (it's now working in six languages - English, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian and Italian)!

If you want to support the campaign, go to:

☞ Act NOW!

Korea: Stop arrests of trade union leaders

Following a massive wave of protests and demonstrations, on 24 July the South Korean government issued arrest warrants for top leaders of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) including Lee Suk-haeng (President) and Lee Yong-shik (General Secretary). Ms. Jin Young-ok, First Vice-President of the KCTU has been arrested and detained.

The police surrounded the building where the main office of the KCTU is located, ready to move in and arrest the leaders. Arrest warrants have also been issued for other union leaders (see list below).

This anti-union repression threatens to return Korea to the dark days of the military dictatorship which ended two decades ago. Korean trade unionists are asking for a huge international campaign to pressure their government to respect human rights.

List of other trade union leaders for whom arrest warrants have been issued:

Jung Gab-deuk, President, KMWU
Nam Taek-gyu, First Vice-president, KMWU
Yoon Hae-mo, President, Hyundai Motor Branch
Kim Tae-gon, First Vice-president, Hyundai Motor Branch
Kim Jong-il, Vice-president, Hyundai Motor Branch
Jung Chang-bong, Vice-president, Hyundai Motor Branch
Joo In-koo, Vice-president, Hyundai Motor Branch
Jo Chang-min, Secretary,Hyundai Motor Branch

http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/solidarityforever/show_campaign.cgi?c=402

Related:

☞ KCTU's call for int'l solidarity

☞ 민주노총사수…'8.5 서울집중투쟁!'

☞ More Attacks Against KCTU - Protests Are Continuing