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S.K. STATE TERROR

AGAINST LABOR UNION

 

 "The government tries to destroy our union, using the same methods as the past military dictatorships. We will strongly resist the authorities.." (Kwon Seung-bok, chairman of KGEU)

 

 

Union Offices of Government Employees Shut Down (Korea Times, 9.22)
 
 
The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs Friday began to shut down 140 outlawed offices of the Korean Government Employees’ Union (KGEU) across the country despite strong protest from the unionists.


In addition to 12 offices such as those located in Socho-gu, Seoul; Namgu, Inchon; and Kyonggi Province which were already closed, 140 more were to be subject to the crackdown, according to the ministry.
 

Since the ministry announced the deadline to close the KGEU offices Thursday, tension between the two parties has been increasing.


It has decided to forcibly close the offices of alleged illegal civil servants’ unions, such as the KGEU, which used government buildings without permission, unless they are converted into lawful labor unions.
 

With the closure scheduled, the ministry sent documents to local entities nationwide on Thursday, with the request to prepare thoroughly so that the shutdown process takes place without difficulty.


``KGEU has been conducting illegal group activities, such as election intervention, by creating a trade union against law. It was unavoidable to take measures to forcibly close down the offices,’’ said a ministry official.
 

However, KGEU Chairman Kwon Seung-bok started a hunger strike in Seoul yesterday to protest the crackdown.


``We have been carrying out just union activities but the government is forcibly closing offices just because we have not registered them,’’ said Kwon. ``We will continue to fight together other civil organizations and labor unions such as the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).’’
 

About 200 law experts and lawyers yesterday urged the government to withdraw its decision to close down KGEU offices and stop oppressing union activities of government employees
 

``Many other labor organizations including the International Labor Organization (ILO) have emphasized the need to permit unionized activities of government employees and solve the problems through dialogue. Instead of blocking their activities through forceful means, the government should support the establishment of KGEU,’’ a KGEU statement said.
 

With the deadline for the crackdown approached, the unionized government employees across the nation braced themselves to block the government’s shutdown.
 

Unionized workers from Mapo and Kuro district offices in Seoul were holding sit-in strike surrounding themselves with barricades with water and electricity supply stopped.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200609/kt2006092217284511990.htm

 

 

 

Source of the pics: Chamsesang News

 

 

 

Reports in Korean you can read here(by Voice of People, incl. two video docus):

행자부는 최악의 악덕사업주인가

행자부, 전국곳곳 공무원노조 사무실 침탈

 

[공무원탄압분쇄19:00]용산구청도 강제폐쇄 (Chamsesang News)

 

And another documentary by Chamsesang you can watch here:

http://www.newscham.net/news/view.php?board=coolmedia&id=1429

(공무원노조 마포구청 노조사무실 강제 폐쇄)

 

 

 

The ultra-conservative daily JoongAng Ilbo is writing following:

 

Officials close offices of civil service union
 
Enforcing an earlier ultimatum, the Home Ministry yesterday ordered local governments to immediately close 150 offices of the Korean Government Employees' Union's around the country. Members of the unauthorized union put up a stiff fight in many cities.


By 8 p.m., 93 offices had been closed down; another 12 had earlier been shuttered by local administrations. There are 162 union chapter offices nationwide.

 

The ministry issued the order to clear all the union's offices after the group defied rules requiring it to register as a union with the Ministry of Labor. The union claims more than 100,000 members; it chose not to register as a union because of laws that severely limit the rights of public-sector unions to take job actions.
 
Union members promised to man the barricades in several cities, and police were called in to control attempts at violence. Forty-nine union members were arrested in Seoul, Busan and Gangwon province on charges of resisting the order to clear the premises. Eight more union members were arrested for unauthorized demonstrations in Jeongseon, Gangwon province while Lee Young-sup, the home minister, was attending a meeting there.
 
In Busan, about 100 city officials and police met resistance as they tried to evict 17 union members who built barricades in a hallway and turned fire extinguishers on the officers. The office was emptied after a scuffle; no injuries were reported.


"Legitimate union activities are guaranteed by law, but the civil servants' union chose not to abide by the law," a ministry official said. "We had no choice but to evict them."

 

Kwon Seung-bok, the head of the union, complained that his organization had done nothing illegal. "Our activities are all legitimate, but the government is forcibly shutting down our offices just because we did not register," he said. "We will fight against the government in cooperation with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions."

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200609/22/200609222200105609900090409041.html

 

Korea Herald is writing this:

Unionists ejected from offices   
 

 

Finally the "left-liberal" Hankyoreh...

 

Gov’t workers union shut down by police
Civil servants’ labor group says it will continue struggle
  
 
The government shut down about 140 offices of the Korean Government Employees’ Union (KGEU) on September 22, under a law stating that the union must register as a legal entity. The law went into effect in January, but the union had refused to do register itself officially, saying that the law would limit its freedom of assembly and freedom to strike.

Police were sent to forcibly close the offices, and clashed with members of the KGEU in many parts of the country. Forty-nine union members were arrested.


The Yeongdeungpo district police station forcibly pulled the unionists out of their local office and closed the office that morning. In the process, the police arrested seven demonstrators, including Jeong Jong-gwon, chairman of Seoul committee of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). Meanwhile, the Jongno district police station took in six union members, who disregarded an order to vacate their office. In the union’s Mapo district office, 10 unionists were arrested after a confrontation with police.


According to the police, among 104 offices which will be forcibly shut down, 35 have already been completely closed and 54 are in the process of being vacated.

 

Regarding the enforcement of the shutdown, an official of the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said, "The public servants’ union hasn’t registered as a legal entity, disregarding the law enacted this year. As we can’t associate with unlawful organizations, we will continue to urge those union members to withdraw from the union after shutting down the union offices."


In response, the KGEU, supported by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of the nation’s two largest umbrella labor groups, firmly declared that it would strongly resist the government measure. In consequence, clashes and conflicts between the authorities and the union will likely become even more serious. "The government tries to destroy our union, using the same methods as the past military dictatorships. We will strongly resist the authorities and fight to recover our union offices," said Kwon Seung-bok, head of the KGEU. Kwon has been on a hunger strike for 11 days.


Choi Nak-sam, a spokesperson of the KGEU, said, "We can’t accept the current law, which completely ignores workers’ fundamental rights. We are going to stage a joint demonstration with civic groups."


Civic organizations urged the government to stop suppressing the union. Over 200 legal experts, including lawyers and jurists, held a press conference in front of the Central Government Complex in Seoul, reproaching the government for its measures toward the union. The group said that bodies such as the International Labor Organization (ILO) also urged the government to solve the problem through dialogue.


In a statement, the DLP said, "The government is interfering in labor rights by forcing us out of our offices for the sole reason of not registering as a legal entity, when our actions have been just."

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/159476.html



 

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