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Starting in the early morning of last year's Nov. 20, three dismissed Ssangyong Motor workers in Pyeongtaek(Gyeonggi province) ascended an electricity pylon to stage a sit-in protest. KCTU activists Han Sang-kyun, Moon Ki-joo and Bok Ki-seong are demanding the re-employment of the dismissed workers(as promised by the SsangYong management) and that a parliamentary inspection of the lay-offs be held.

 
Today is the 55th day of their sit-in struggle...

 
On December 10, Ssangyong Motor and the corporate union agreed to reinstate all 455 workers on leave without pay. The agreement is late in coming, but it is significant for it lays the first foundation to resolving the chaotically entangled Ssangyong Motor issue. The 455 workers on leave without pay will return to the Pyeongtaek plant on March 1.
   But 159 laid-off workers including the three protesting atop a transmission tower and 1,904 workers on voluntary retirement still remain outside the factory. In other words, the conflict and challenges between labor and management are ongoing... (Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1.11)

And so... THE STRUGGLE GOES ON!!

Last Friday(1.11) morning in Seoul: Kim Jeong-woo (C), the leader of Ssangyong Motor Co.'s labor union, and other activists of the union protested in front of the office of the transition committee for President-elect Park Geun-hye after being denied a meeting with the committee's officials over their demand for a parliamentary inspection...   

Related report:
☞ 인수위, 쌍용차 지부 면담 ‘거부’...인수위원회 앞 충돌 (NewsCham, 1.11)
 

 Last Friday evening in Pyeongtaek: Solidarity 'performance' in front of the sit-in struggle site...

Related articles:
☞ Ssangyong to rehire all workers on unpaid leave (Korea Herald, 1.10)
☞ The First Step to Ending a String of Deaths... (Kyunghyang Shinmun, 1.11)