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Once again:

An End of KCTU-KFTU "Love Affair"

It's only recently that the S. Korean "progressive"/labor movement - once again(!!) - hailed the "rosy future" of the imminent "Unified KCTU-KFTU Struggle Front", confronting (and bringing down!!) the LMB regime...

But (surprise, surprise!!) only moments later the KFTU (leadership) - once again(!!) - demonstrated that it's more interested in the collaboration with the ruling class...

The end of the KCTU-KFTU "honeymoon" came about after Jang Seok-chun, head of FKTU, broke the tenuous partnership with the KCTU, and went alone into last-minute negotiations with rulers (gov't and "employers") last Friday(*).

And of course - once again(!!) - the KCTU, especially its current chairman Lim Seong-kyu, called the FKTU (leadership) a "betrayer" and canceled the KCTU-KFTU "honeymoon"...

Two days ago The Hankyoreh asked Lim Seong-kyu: "Is your agreement to cooperate with FKTU officially over?"
And he replied: “Yes, it is. FKTU had not disclosed to us, their partner, any information about changes in the umbrella union’s existing position prior to FKTU Chairman Chang Seok-chun’s press conference on Nov. 30. It appears its leadership also tricked FKTU’s members on the ground. Since FKTU had previously voted to hold a general strike and burned its bridge with the current administration, we had thought they would continue to cooperate with us through the middle of this month, even if they were conspiring, however, they changed their direction quite suddenly. It seems the FKTU leadership intends to follow orders from the Lee administration.”

* Related stuff by K. Times (12.7):
☞ Turn of Events Leaves Labor Drive Out of Air