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hello, how've you been? It's (...). Do you remember the song team, Jeong-Myeon-Dol-Pa? I'm one of the singers.(the only female voice) I heard you be arrested and deported by immigration... So sorry. And I also read you message. Yes, we must fight against our enemy. You know Ansan migrants' culture festival will be 11th. Last festival was so big~ but this time? Well, I don't know. We will have on Aug 28. As you know we have a propaganda before and while the festival. Hmm.. May I ask you a favor? You told me that you have a Chinese friend who can speak and write in Korean and Chinese. Until now a volunteer of Ansan Shelter had translated Korean into Chinese three times. From now on it's hard to do it. We're looking for the person who translates Korean into Chinese. Let me know her/his e-mail address or telephone number. I hope you will check out this mail as soon as possible. Take care~ Solidarity, and this i did right now (i sent it to 4 addresses in HK&taiwan): dear colleagues, friends of mine (http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA ) in s. korea are active in the struggle of migrant workers. for the next sunday they are planning a culture festival. for tis event they want to distribute a leaflet in chinese language. is there a possibility that you translate this (until tomorrow, sat.EST)? it would be a really great help for us!!! here is the text: Our Last Hope, MTU (Migrant Workers? Trade Union)! Since living in South Korea, we have been having such painful days. Being treated so badly in the workplaces, we sometimes wished to go back home; however, we have no options but to stay here because of an enormous amount of money which we borrowed to come to Korea. However, we've been changing it little by little. In order to face out reality and solve our problem, we started to make our communities with co-workers and learn how to find our rights by the help of Korean civil organization. Nevertheless, we are still people to be given help and we are still strangers who have no basic working rights. From now on, we finally began to struggle for our labor rights. We began to fight against Ministry of Justice who is human-hunting us by making strange EPS. We also began to fight against our employers who give us such low-wages and make us to heavy work for many hours. Eventually, we revealed our miserable reality of migrant workers and went on a sit-down strike in Myoung-dong Cathedral. We also made Migrant workers Trade Unions to collaborate each other. MTU consist of workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Phillipines, India across Seoul, Kyoung-ki-do and In-cheon and join with Korean Confederation of Trade Union. In addition, We also demand for legalization of non-resistered migrant workers and Work Permit System and concentrate on struggle for legislation with Korean Democratic Labor Party and several civil organization Have a close look at Employment Permit System (EPS)! The EPS which passed on July 31th 2003 pushed our migrant workers in a deep despair who just hoped to work legally. Korean government is proud of their humble achievements by crying out that they permit our employment and admit us as legal workers. However, the truth is that EPS advocates the half of our working rights and EPS is to deport long-time stayed migrant workers. The Work Permit System(WPS) which MTU try to attain is the system which enables us to work legally with no danger of deportation. Employment Permit System Work Permit System Non-registered workers Permit workers stayed less than 3yrs to work 2 yrs more->workers stayed more than 5 yrs have to be deported. Withour nay restriction, work is legally permitted. Right to change workplace Cannot change workplace. ->Needless to say, if we don't adjust, we are fired. Able to change the workplace After Employment Permit System... After EPS, our working condition is getting awfully worse, cutting down our wage and being kicked out of the dormitory. EPS allows employers to make work-contract annually, therefore, our rights cannot be protected. Henceforth, migrant workers are choosing to be illegal workers rather than to be a legal slave. Migrant workers also want to choose in the place where we want and to be guaranteed three basic working rights and four working insurances. Unfortunately, the national policy is for the sake of people in power and money. Nevertheless, our future lies in our unity and solidarity. Only organized workers struggle can abolish EPS and achieve WPS! after i met today the woman who want to translate the leaflet i wrote this: mi anh hae yo... ...but the translation is in process. i made some small corrections, but i hope it is ok. how was the culture festival??? lpease check out this phone number: ... he (...) is chinese teacher. if i remember well, he was/is also supporting the struggle of cheol-go min (ilsan/pung-dong). i'll send him later also a mail (everything is sooo slow and expensive here...). in solidarity chr. Our Last Hope, the Migrant Workers' Trade Union (MTU)! Since living in Korea, we have been having such painful days. Being treated so badly in the workplace, we sometimes wished to go back home; however, we have no options but to stay here because of an enormous amount of money which we borrowed to come to Korea. However, we've been changing it little by little. In order to face out reality and solve our problem, we started to make our communities with co-workers and learn how to find our rights by the help of Korean civil organization. Nevertheless, we are still people to be given help and we are still strangers who have no basic working rights. From now on, we finally began to struggle for our labor rights. We began to fight against Ministry of Justice who is human-hunting us by making strange EPS. We also began to fight against our employers who give us such low-wages and make us to heavy work for many hours. Eventually, we revealed our miserable reality of migrant workers and went on a sit-down strike in Myeong-dong Cathedral. We also made Migrant workers Trade Unions to collaborate each other. MTU consist of workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Phillipines, India across Seoul, Gyeounggi-do (province) and Incheon and join with Korean Confederation of Trade Union. We also demand the legalization of non-registered migrant workers and Work Permit System and concentrate on struggle for legislation together with Democratic Labor Party and many other civil organizations Have a close look at Employment Permit System (EPS)! The EPS which passed on July 31 2003 pushed us in a deep despair who just hoped to work legally. Korean government is proud of their humble achievements by crying out that they permit our employment and admit us as legal workers. However, the truth is that EPS advocates the half of our working rights and EPS is to deport long-time stayed migrant workers. The Work Permit System (WPS) which MTU try to attain is the system which enables us to work legally with no danger of deportation. What means Employment Permit System for us? Here just two examples: As workers we have only our man power to sell, and we have to it as expensive as possible. But we have no right to change the work places ? it means we?ve no right to get a better paid job. If we change the work place, we are getting automatically illegal. EPS means that we?re allowed to work 3 years in S. Korea. But it needs a yearly renewing of the visa... and we get it just with the agreement of our employers. But if we?re active for our labor rights, for instance, the employers will not give an agreement for a new visa. And on this way we?ll be illegal too! Work Visa ? this is, what we need! We, the activists and members of Migrant Workers? Trade Union, are struggling since several years for a Work Permit System, which is allowing us to work in S. Korea, without any restrictions for at least 5 years!! After Employment Permit System... After EPS, our working condition is getting awfully worse, cutting down our wage and being kicked out of the dormitories. EPS allows employers to make work-contracts annually, therefore, our rights cannot be protected. Henceforth, migrant workers are choosing to be illegal workers rather than to be a legal slave. Migrant workers also want to choose in the place where we want and to be guaranteed three basic working rights and four working insurance. Unfortunately, the national policy is for the sake of people in power and money. Nevertheless, our future lies in our unity and solidarity. Only organized workers struggle can abolish EPS and achieve WPS! STOP CRACKDOWN! STOP THE HUMAN HUNTING AGAINST MIGRANT WORKERS! LET?S ACHIEVE LEGALIZATION FOR ALL UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT WORKERS! ABOLISH EPS! WE WANT WPS!! LET?S FIGHT TOGETHER FOR A WORLD WITHOUT EXPLOITATION AND OPPRESSION!! If you have any problems with your employer, or you just want to fight for your rights (AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT!!!), please contact: