CINA

본문

Within a week after the 18th presidential election, three workers and a civic group activist have taken their own lives. The civil society is taking action calling for an end to any more deaths.

  They announced their plans for a general strike in January next year demanding President Lee Myung-bak and president-elect Park Geun-hye to put an end to labor repression by suspending the temporary seizures of property for damage claims, etc.

  Three civic groups including a Network for a World without Temporary Workers and Let's Live Together held a memorial for the workers who took their own lives. More than 300 citizens attended the service, which began at 7 p.m. on Dec. 26 in front of Daehanmun, Deoksugung Palace, Seoul... (Kyunghyang Shinmun, 12.27)

Related articles:
☞ 'No More Deaths' Labor, Civil Society... Take Action (Kyunghyang Shinmun, 12.27)
☞ “죽지 말자, 살아서 싸우자” 대한문에서 추모제 열려 (VOP, 12.26)
☞ Workers Ascending to Heaven (Kyunghyang Shinmun, 12.26)
☞ 대한문 열사 추모제, “추모보다 투쟁결의를” (NewsCham, 12.26)
☞ Repression of Trade Unions and Despair from Election Outcomes... (Kyunghyang, 12.24)