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With a kind of outspoken gratification today's (f******)K. Times is reporting following:

Ssangyong Union Severs Ties With Progressive Trade Union 
 

Unionists at Ssangyong Motor, the country's smallest carmaker, have voted to bolt from an anti-government [sic!] umbrella union.

About 73 percent of a total of 700 eligible voters, including absentees, favored the disaffiliation from the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). Ssangyong is the first carmaker in Korea to do so.

Some union leaders claimed the voting was invalid because of technical issues, but the majority of its members have accepted the result.

"When labor disputes erupted, KCTU encouraged us to fight against management rather than put concerted efforts to find a peaceful breakthrough," a Ssangyong worker said. "We are fed up with that."

Another member said, "During my 25 years working at this company, KCTU has paid little attention to the well-being of its members. Instead, it has only sought its own interests."

The withdrawal will deal a blow to KCTU's leadership, which has frequently drawn public criticism for its confrontational approaches, as it is highly likely that other unions will follow suit.

In July, the nation's largest telephony carrier, KT, dissociated itself from the labor union. The move came after several other small-size unions severed their ties with the umbrella organization.

KT was the KCTU's third largest member with 28,000 members, following automakers Hyundai and Kia.
 

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/113_51506.html

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