Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by KCTU
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) Monthly Newsletter March, 2007 Contents 1. U.S. Congress Members Sent Protest Letter to President Roh regarding Labour Rights Situation
2. KCTU President’s Statement on 2007 KCTU Activity Plan and Course of Action for Collective Bargaining
3. (…)
, by KGEU
KGEU Annual Congress on Feb. 24 Adjourned The KGEU annual congress held on February 24 was incidentally adjourned when the special resolution on general vote for accepting the special act was discussed. The special resolution draft on general vote for accepting the special act was raised and (…)
, by PSI-KC
Public Services International – Korea Council (PSI-KC) News 2007-1 March 20, 2007
The PSI-KC held its monthly executive committee meeting at KGEU office on March 13. Following is a brief report of the meeting including trends and union activities in the public sector. The Federation of (…)
, by Korean Alliance Against Kor-US/EU FTAs, Movements (USA)
No FTA Newsletter
Official News of the Korean Alliance Against the Korea-US FTA
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Vol. 1, No. 4, March 12, 2007
In the Newsletter
Solidarity Statements
Five-Thousand Rally against (…)
, by Joint Committee on the Tragic Fire at Yeosu, KCTU, MTU
Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from Joint Committee for Counter Measures to the Tragic Fire at Yeosu Foreigners Detention Center. The Joint Committee is composed of various social, people’s and human rights groups.
We are writing to inform you about a tragic fire that recently broke out in a (…)
, by KGEU
KGEU President’s New Year’s Message Let us struggle together to strengthen the public character of administration and to defend the livelihood of the 950 thousand government workers! Fellow members! Amidst the intense struggle by our union, to defend our livelihood and the our democratic (…)
Dear allies and friends,
Greetings from the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants’ Trade Union. We are a union formed by and for migrant workers in South Korea. Our members come from many countries including Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, the U.S., Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
We write to inform (…)
, by KGEU
KGEU National Congress: Fighting back instead of stepping back under repression.
In spite of harsh repression on KGEU, the union delegates resolved to remain out of the special law, which is clearly infringing government employees’ basic labour rights. ’The Act on Establishment and Operation (…)
, by SHIN Hae-in
It was another year of discontent as protests by workers and activists against the government’s attempts to reform the labor and education sectors, as well as sign a free trade agreement with the United States, threatened to engulf the country in a sea of civil unrest.
Month after month, (…)
, by Korean Alliance Against Kor-US/EU FTAs
Korean government’s repression on the anti-KorUS FTA movement intensified
Police attack and repression on workers and farmers are intensified after the first “Mass People’s Resistance against KorUS FTA” on 22nd of November. Up to date over police issued summons and warrants of arrests to more (…)
On November 30, one day after the KCTU had launched another full day General Strike in an effort to urge the South Korean government to address its four main issues which included the call for a stop to the passage of the Irregular Workers Bill, the bill was swiftly passed by the National (…)
, by Korean Alliance Against Kor-US/EU FTAs
In South Korea, the Mass People’s Resistance has started
On November 22nd, in the capital of Seoul and throughout the surrounding Kyung-gi Province, from Choong-chung to Kang-won, from Jun-book to Kwang-ju City in Southern Cholla Province, in 17 places around the country all toll, the Mass (…)
, by KGEU
While KGEU branches and chapters are continuing their sit-in protests in tents and container boxes that have been set up at municipal offices all over the country, the KGEU national office is drawing up a plan of action to start retaliating against government repression on a national level. In (…)
, by APL (Philippines)
More than a hundred workers belonging to the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) staged a rally this morning in front of the South Korean embassy in Makati [Manila, Philippines] to condemn in the strongest terms possible the South Korean government’s dispersal and crack down on organizing (…)
, by KCTU
KOREAN CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (KCTU) On Wednesday, November 15, 2006, trade unions, labor rights groups, and other civil society organizations in over thirty countries such as Australia, Sweden, Germany, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, United States, Canada, Brazil, and South Africa (…)
, by KCTU
KCTU Launches a General Strike!
November 15, 2006: Four-hour “Warning-Strike”---200,000 trade unionists to participate.
November 22, 2006: Full-pledged General Strike Over 50,000 workers from every industry across South Korea convened in City Hall in downtown Seoul to participate in the (…)
, by KCTU
Call on the South Korean Government to: Stop Trade Union Repression Implement ILO Recommendations Recognize Irregular Workers’ Rights Reform Labour Laws in line with International Standards and not the Proposed “Roadmap” Despite the international communities cries calling on the South Korean (…)
, by KGEU
KCTU_KGEU_Complaint_2006-2(final).doc name : KGEU date : 2006/11/15 file : 3766784 K
October 24th, 2006
Juan Somavia Director-General International Labour Organisation
Dear Mr. Somavia,
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and the Korean Government Employees¡¯ Union (…)
, by Korean Alliance Against Kor-US/EU FTAs
The 4th round of talks on Korea-US FTA is being held from 23th to 27th October, in Jeju Island in South Korea. Just as we had warned, the FTA talks are being driven to an uneven negotiation behind doors, ignoring peoples’ concerns and resistance. Clearly, the FTA is pushed not by peoples’ will (…)
, by KCTU
CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: CONDEMN GOVERNMENT REPRESSION AGAINST FUNDAMENTAL TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN SOUTH KOREA JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON NOVEMBER 15TH! SOLIDARITY WITH SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS! SUPPORT THE KCTU GENERAL STRIKE! SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT : STOP TRADE (…)
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