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, by KCTU
KCTU Hopes the New Administration will not Waiver in its Commitment to Create a Society that Respects Workers
The KCTU congratulates Moon Jae-in on his election as president and on the start of the new administration.
A change of ruling party was already expected as a result of the (…)
, by MASON Ra
Japan and South Korea have reopened an old spat over wartime sexual slavery, or so-called Comfort Women. The latest flare-up began when a bronze statue of a girl representing former comfort women was installed in front of the Japanese consulate in the South Korean city of Busan. It’s triggered (…)
, by Joint Action against the Oppression on Labor Books under National Security Law
On January 5th, a South Korean district court decided to detain Lee Jin-young, coordinator of Labor Books, a book-sharing web site, in violation of the notoriously draconian National Security Law. This abrupt decision is extremely shocking, considering historic candlelight protests against the (…)
, by PARK Ji-ah, SHIM Taeun
Parkhayeohaeng was created by feminists and social movement female activists to call for President Park Geun Hye’s resignation while also fighting the misogyny and gender discrimination that has emerged in the protests against President Park. At the heart of the organization are a dozen (…)
, by CHOI Yong-Chan
South Korea’s unions and civil society have taken to the streets to demand conservative president Park Geun-hye step down.
On November 12, roughly one million people went out on the streets to demand the resignation of the conservative South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, in what many have (…)
, by KPTU
On November 8, the whole of the KPTU watched the news anxiously as the electoral vote swung in Donald Trump’s favor. Anxiety has now turned into widespread concern among KPTU members. We are very aware that a Trump presidency will have a deep impact not only on American workers and the (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
The South Korean government wants to liquidate once and for all the militant trade-union tradition that has its historic roots in the resistance to the dictatorships of Park Chung-hee (1961-1979) and Chun Doo-hwan (1980-1987). The National Council of Trade Unions (NCTU, founded in 1990) and (…)
, by ITF, KCTU, KPTU, KRWU, LabourStart
Dear Friends,
You may know that the KPTU’s Koran Railway Workers Union (KRWU) public institution affiliates are in them midst of a historical coordinate national strike, fighting against the government’s illegal imposition of a performance-related pay and termination system and other policies (…)
, by BULLIMORE Kim
Han Sang-gyn, president of the 800,000-strong (South) Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), was sentenced to five years’ jail on 4 July for his role in organising a series of demonstrations against the Park Geun-hye government.
Han was convicted on charges relating to traffic and public (…)
, by Yi San
The South Korean government is attempting to squelch worker militancy by locking up the country’s leading labor figure.
Last month, South Korean prosecutors called for an eight-year jail term for Han Sang-gyun, leader of the country’s eight-hundred-thousand-strong independent union (…)
, by DAHYE Jo-Lee
Gangnam is a place that captures the various facets of Korea’s social class issue and where a woman was murdered demonstrating that a person could be murdered simply for “being a woman.”
After Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” Gangnam may no longer be such a foreign place to those abroad. To Koreans, (…)
, by KPTU, LabourStart
Dear Friends and Allies,
You are all probably aware of the severe repression unions in South Korea are facing.
Likening protesting workers to terrorists, the Park Geun-hye administration has vowed a severe crackdown. Police have been raiding union offices, issuing wide-range summons and (…)
, by KPTU
Dear Colleagues,
Please see the below and attached call for solidarity in relation to the KPTU-TruckSol Pulmuone Chapter’s struggle for road safety and union recognition, and the related raid on the KPTU office.
Following the raid seven of our members have been arrested. Your support is (…)
, by KPTU
On the morning of Nov. 6 the South Korean police attempted a raid on the headquarters of the KCTU-Korean Public Service an Transport Workers’ Union (KPTU). The police used the pretext of a high altitude protest being carried out by striking KPTU-Cargo Truckers Solidarity Division (KPTU-TrucSol) (…)
, by KPTU
Pulmuone Truck Drivers Begin High Altitude Sit-in Protest for Safe Rates and Working Conditions and Union Recognition On 24 October, two owner operator truck drivers who haul goods for the food products company Pulmone began a high altitude sit-in protest atop a 30 meter high billboard tower (…)
, by KPTU
Pulmuone Drivers’ Strike
Since 4 September KPTU-TruckSol members have been striking against the large Korean food goods company Pulmuone (overseas branches in Japan, U.S., China). Pulmuone drivers joined KPTU-TruckSol last year, because they could no longer bear the 20-year long freeze in (…)
, by KPTU
Korean Public Service and Transport Workers Participate in General Strike Action On 24 April tens of thousands of South Korean workers came out into the streets as part of the Korean Confederation of Trade Union’s General Strike demanding an end to regressive labour market reform and public (…)
, by KPTU
On February 25, delegates of the former Korean Federation of Public Services and Transportation Workers’ Union held their 2015 Congress.
At the Congress, KPTU delegates took bold steps towards strengthening their collective power in a difficult battle against the Korean government’s attack on (…)
Introduction
The Korean Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU) organises workers employed for the Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), South Korea’s public rail operating company, and some of its subsidiaries. The KRWU is affiliated to the Korean Federation of Public Services and Transportation (…)
, par IUF, Petition / Sign-on Letter
Gahyun Lee was dismissed from her job at a McDonald’s outlet in Yeokgok, Gyeonggi Province on September 15 following her visit to Los Angeles earlier that month to support the national action by US fast food workers.
Management had previously warned her about union activity in May - citing a (…)
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