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Last Thursday the S. Korean gov't "warned firm action against a rally scheduled by an outlawed public workers' union, calling it 'an illegal collective action.'", according to Yonhap (3.19). "The government will deal sternly with civil servants participating in the rally in accordance with the law and principle, having concluded that it is an illegal collective action," the Ministry of Public Administration and Security(MOPAS) said in a statement. "Anyone found to have participated in the rally will be punished without exception." a MOPAS official announced.

But despite this implicit threat by the LMB administration more than 600 members of the now-united Korean Government Employees Union (KGEU) hold last Saturday their launching ceremony at Seoul Nat'l University:

And now - surprise, surprise!! - the gov't will retaliate, likely mercilessly:
MOPAS announced y'day, “The launching ceremony ... was in clear violation of Article 66 of the Public Official Act and Article 58 of the Local Government Public Official Act, which bans collective action.” And it added, “MOPAS will issue a strong response in the interests of maintaining law and order.”

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☞ 정부 봉쇄 뚫고 전국공무원노조 출범 (KCTU, 3.21)