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Last Thursday(9.17): Korean Confederation of Trade Unions(KCTU) declared that it will stage a "general strike"(here you'll get a short report about KCTU's last "general strike") next Wednesday(9.23)...
...to protest the trilateral agreement on "labor reform"...
Y'day(9.19) afternoon: To protest against the compromise between three parties, about 7,000 KCTU members held a massive rally(of course the main aim of the demo was to promote the upcoming "general strike") in central Seoul...
About one month ago: The Federation of Korean Trade Unions(FKTU) vowed to fight alongside KCTU against the plans of the S. Korean gov't's to "reform"(deregulate!!) the labor market...
And today in the late afternoon(KST) - surprise, surprise(^^) - the S. Korean news agency Yonhap reported: "FKTU OKs trilateral deal on labor reform", despite massive opposition even in its own leadership ranks(*), let alone the ongoing resistance in FKTU's affiliated unions such as metal, chemical and public workers...
Some 100 union members rallied in protest at the umbrella union’s “compromise” with the government, holding up placards that read “We can never approve the agreement that enslaves 20 million laborers!"(K. Herald, 9.14)
* "Senior unionized worker tries to set himself on fire"(Yonhap, 9.14)...
Yesterday(9.12) morning: Hundreds of labor activists from all over S. Korea joined the latest "Bus of Hope Campaign" and traveled to the southern port city of Busan... The activists spent there two days (incl. one night) to express their solidarity with the ongoing struggle of "irregular" workers in Busan. The activists took the streets of Busan for massive protest rallies, but they also occupied the area in front of Busan's city hall to celebrate a colour/powerful Solidarity Struggle Culture Festival...
First reports, incl. lots of pics, you'll get from...
- OhmyNews
- Voice of People
- KCTU
Last Saturday(9.05) afternoon(until late night) in Gumi(North Gyeongsang Province): The "Yeondae Hanmadang(Garden of Solidarity) Festival", organized and joined by hundreds of KCTU activists, took place to support the struggle of 170 dismissed workers of Asahi Glass Fine Techno Korea. They were fired after they founded a labor union in the factory. Last Saturday was the 100th day of their struggle for reemployment and the recognition of the union by the management. Here just some impressions, photographed by Yoo Yeong-min, depicting the event(detailed reports in Korean you can read here and here!)...
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