Two days ago(10.14) in the center of Seoul: Activists and citizens protested with a colorful art performance against the ongoing massive police presence(allegedly to "protect the flowerbeds", but in fact only to prevent any fresh protest by workers or other activists) in front of Daehanmun, the main gate of Deoksu-gung(palace). Here some impressions, photographed by Shin Yoo-ah...
In a one-month ultimatum sent to the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (KTU) on 23rd September, the S. Korean government has threatened to deregister the teachers’ union if it does not amend its by-laws to ban dismissed and retired teachers from their union membership. The KTU will be deregistered unless it revises the provision in its by-laws by 23rd October 2013...
But KTU is still resisting! From last Friday evening until yesterday noon - supported by thousands of KCTU activists and members of several solidarity groups - they staged demos, protest rallies and a powerful culture festival in the center of Seoul...
Tonight in front of Seoul's City Hall: A group of KTU activists is still in hunger strike, now since 18 days...
Struggle plan for the next days:
Today, according to KCTV(조선중앙방송), "the entire Korean nation(i.e. 'all Koreans on the peninsula and abroad') celebrated the foundation of (North Korea's) Workers Party(조선노동당, established 68 years ago)"...
And on the occasion of one of the most important/SACRED(!!) - beside the birthday's of Kim Il-sung & Kim Jong-il - holidays in NK, today's KT contributed the following "anniversary present"(^^):
LabourStart just launched a new online campaign at the request of several global union bodies, and the only way this campaign is going to have any effect is if we get thousands of trade union activists from every country to sign up...
Education International, representing teachers unions around the world, together with Public Services International, the International Trade Union Confederation and three S. Korean unions have called for a massive global online campaign of protest.
This is very urgent -- if we don't act, the Korean teachers will no longer have a legal trade union by October 23.
Please click here to send off your message/protest today: http://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=1995&src=lsmm
Let's send thousands of messages to the South Korean president and let's stop the attempt to crush public sector unions!!
Related articles:
☞ Education workers’ union could have its status revoked (Hankyoreh, 9.24)
☞ Ultimatum to the union (K. Herald, 9.25)
Miryang & Gangjeong...
ONE COMMON STRUGGLE!!
Street 'art'/agit-prop during the first days of Busan Int'l Film Festival
Activists from Gangjeong currently visiting & supporting the resisting Miryang residents...
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☞ At least 28 injured in Miryang tower clash (Korea Herald, 10.4)
☞ Miryang housewife stages hunger strike (Korea Times, 10.6)
Yesterday's 'Solidarity Culture Festival' in front of Seoul's Daehanmun:
Also since 5 days: Solidarity hunger strike in Seoul(Daehanmun and City Hall)...
More detailed Korean info(incl. pictures and videos) about the struggle in and around Miryang you'll get here! And finally here you'll get the latest daily updated (independent)reports in Korean...
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