2282개의 게시물을 찾았습니다.
So, one week ago(i.e. last Friday, 6.07) the "Dismissed Ssangyong Workers Motor Show Festival" took place in front of Seoul's City Hall. Here just some impressions, photographed by Jang Seong-ryeol:
More pics you can see here(문화연대/Cultural Solidarity).
Related contribution:
☞ 'H - 20000 Project' with dismissed Ssangyong workers... (5.15)
Related articles/reports in Korean you'll get here (LabourStart)!!
Two days ago(6.11) - unfortunately only - a handful of activists (well, in the evening it was raining like during typhoon season!!) attended the struggle rally, organized by KCTU, in Seoul's Hyehwa-dong to mark the 2000th day of Jaeneung Sit-in Struggle...
Related articles, reports(incl. videos) in Korean you'll get on LabourStart!
The Jaeneung Sit-in Struggle Collective(JSSC) is waging a fierce battle against the Jaeneung Education Institute(JEI) for 2000 days, and the struggle still doesn’t end (detailed background info about the strike you'll find here!)...
Today's (bourgeois)Korea Times published the following feature:
JEI workers’ protest on bell tower marks 128th day
Oh Soo-young, 39, the mother of a nine-year-old boy, has not seen her son for the last 128 days because she has been on the bell tower of Hyehwa Catholic Church in Seoul since February, taking part in a rooftop protest.
Along with her colleague Yeo Min-hui, 40, Oh began the public dissent on Feb. 6, demanding that JEI, a tutoring service company, reinstate 12 workers fired in December 2010 because they were members of a trade union.
The company claims that the union is illegal, despite a ruling by the Seoul Administrative Court in November 2012 that acknowledged the legality of the union and the right of the company’s employees to be members of it.
Tuesday marked the 2,000th day since the fired workers began their sit-in at the church(*)which is across from the main office of JEI in December 2007.
Of the 12 fired workers, one died of cancer in January 2012, and 11, including the two on the rooftop, have been engaged in public protests.
The two set up a tent on the 6-square-meter space at the top of the 20-meter-high bell tower.
“What we ask of Chairman Park Sung-hoon is to acknowledge the union and fix problems of the company in cooperation with workers,” said Oh.
The union leader said that she will not give up the fight.
Yeo, 40, said she climbed to the rooftop, hoping Chairman Park would see and think of them.
“I hope the chairman thinks of us. It does not matter whether he is scared or regrets what he did. I just want him to remember us.”
Oh and Yeo bow one hundred times on their knees every morning, in hope of winning the fight.
But it is not just unionists who are suffering from the long struggle. Oh said she could not forget the moment when her son told her to come down.
“I was so sorry to my son that I could not be with him. I just told him that I can’t stop this fight.”
Asked what they want to do when they come down, Oh said that she wants go straight to a sauna. “We could not take a shower and bathe here. I wish that I could dip my body into hot water and enjoy a bath,” chuckled Oh.
Yeo said she would visit the tomb of her colleague Lee Ji-eun who died of cancer in January 2012.
“I will say to her that we finally won, and let her know she is reinstated in the workplace,” said Yeo, shedding tears.
During the daytime, they send their stories through social networking services. In the evening they make speeches through megaphones to supporters who host cultural events, such as singing, poetry reading, among others.
JEI said that the company suggested the protesters stop the rally first, and then they will have talks with the unionists.
“They are not workers in the company at the moment because their contracts expired a long time ago. So we suggest they stop the sit-in first, and have negotiations later,” said Jeon Cheol-ho, an HR manager.
Lee Young-ju, the senior vice chairman of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, vowed to help the workers and offered to fight with them, saying that it is shame that society neglected them for 2,000 days.
“Two thousand days is nearly six years, a duration of time that a new-born baby grows up into a child who can eat and dress by themselves. I’m so sorry that nothing has changed even though the workers have protested for such a long time,” said Lee.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/06/116_137369.html
* Mistake by K. Times: 128 days on the bell tower and 2000 day's on the streets of Seoul...
MUST SEE: Here you can watch videos, recording yesterday's events in Hyehwa-dong!
Y'day(6.10) in the morning in front of Daehanmun, the main entrance of Deoksu-gung(palace) in central Seoul: Riot cops - once again - attacked the Ssangyong Memorial Site, destroyed its remaining parts and arrested at least 16 activists...
Related shortnews:
☞ Ssangyong rally over? (Korea Times, 6.10)
☞ Protest Removal (JoongAng Ilbo, 6.11)
☞ No more sit-in (Hankyoreh/Yonhap, 6.11)
Several more detailed reports(in Korean) you'll get here (LabourStart)!
And finally here you can watch a short video report by VOP-TV!
Appeal for Global Solidarity with the Turkish People's Uprising
Calling on people of all cities of the world! Come out this weekend and reclaim your public spaces to show solidarity with #OccupyGezi and the many waves of protests in Turkey!
What began as a small occupation to protect Istanbul’s Gezi Park erupted within a matter of days into massive protests that spread like wildfire across Turkey. A key trigger was the disproportionate use of force by the police. Just as Gezi Park crystallized the struggle over an ever-shrinking public space hijacked by neoliberal authoritarianism, the pepper gas that security forces doused on Istanbul literalized the desparate need for breathing space. Hundreds of thousands of people streamed into the streets in support of the Gezi Park occupation despite a total media blackout, defying police brutality. Now we have reclaimed not only Gezi Park but also Taksim Square, the very heart of Turkey’s public sphere, where mass expressions of discontent have repeatedly been banned throughout the republic’s history. As Taksim and Gezi swell every night with thousands of people who come to celebrate their solidarity, victory and power, our resistance in other parts of Istanbul and other cities across Turkey continues. Of one thing we are certain: Nothing will ever be the same again.
Show your support and solidarity this weekend, 8-9 June 2013. Reclaim Tahrir, Syntagma, Zuccotti (& Gwanghwamun!!)... your local streets, squares and parks! Be a part of the movement for freedom and democracy.
Updated articles, reports etc., related to the current situation in Turkey, you'll find here on LabourStart!
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