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This section contains articles on the trade union mouvement and labor struggles as well as more general articles on the labor, people’s movements and the Left. Specific articles on the antiwar, peasant, etc., movements or the Left parties are posted in other sections.
, by KGEU
Two KGEU offices have been forcefully closed up to now. One is the KGEU Gyeongnam Regional Branch office at Gyeongnam Provincial Government, and this was forcefully closed down and sealed off by the authorities on August 30th. The other is the KGEU Gyeonggi Regional Branch and provincial (…)
AI Index: ASA 25/009/2006 (Public)News Service No: 215 17 August 2006
Embargo Date: 17 August 2006 01:01 GMT
“Migrant workers are also human beings. Why don’t they pay me for my work? I cannot go home because I don’t have money. I have chosen to kill myself as there is no other way.” From (…)
AI Index: ASA 25/007/2006
1: Introduction “I want to go home, but the company is not paying me. I went to the employment security centre, but they did not solve my problem. Migrant workers are also human beings. Why don’t they pay for my work? I cannot go home because I don’t have money. I (…)
KCTU/KFCITU
63UNION MEMBERS STILL IN JAIL1 UNION MEMBER DEADMORE THAN 200 MEMBERS INJURED1 UNION MEMBER’S WIFE MISCARRIES
As of August 15, 2006---“Liberation Day” for Korea, 63 union members still remain in jail for their participation in action supporting the strike launched by the Pohang (…)
UNION MEMBER DIES DUE TO SEVERE BEATING BY RIOT POLICE58 UNION MEMBERS JAILED FOR TRADE UNION ACTIVITES
At 2:30 am on August 1, 2006 Ha Joong Keun, a member of the Pohang Local Union, an affiliate of the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU), KCTU died. He was (…)
, by KGEU
Self-presentation of the KGEU taken from its website June 3, 2006.
Brief history of the KGEU
The Korean Government Employees’ Union (KGEU) was successfully established on March 23, 2002, nothwistanding harsh repression by the governement. As an independent and democratic trade union of more (…)
, by KGEU
Korean Government Employees’ Union
7th Fl. 139 Youngdeungpo-2ga,Youngdeungpo-guSeoul 150-982, KoreaTel:+82-2-2631-1948Fax:+82-2-2631-1949 kgeu.org“class=”spip_url spip_out auto“rel=”nofollow external">http://inter.kgeu.orgkgeu@kgeu.org
Korean Government Violently Represses KGEU Rally (…)
, by KGEU
Korean Government Employees’ Union
7th Fl. 139 Youngdeungpo-2ga,Youngdeungpo-guSeoul 150-982, KoreaTel:+82-2-2631-1948Fax:+82-2-2631-1949 kgeu.org“class=”spip_url spip_out auto“rel=”nofollow external">http://inter.kgeu.orgkgeu@kgeu.org The Government Actions to Destroy the Korean (…)
, by Joongang Daily
April 21, 2006 ? The Korea Government Employees Union said yesterday that it will participate in the May 31 local elections, defying four national laws banning public employees and officials from participating in political activities.
Although the National Assembly passed a law earlier this (…)
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions2nd Fl. Daeyoung Bld., 139 Youngdeungpo-2-ga, Youngdeungpo-kuSeoul 150-032 KoreaTel.: +82-2-2670-9234 Fax: +82-2-2635-1134 E-mail: inter kctu.org http://kctu.org
Seoul, March 1st, 2006
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the KCTU, the Korean Confederation of (…)
, by JEON Jae-hwan, KCTU
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions2nd Fl. Daeyoung Bld.139 Youngdeungpo-2-gaYoungdeungpo-kuSeoul 150-032 KoreaTel.: +82-2-2670-9234 Fax: +82-2-2635-1134E-mail: inter kctu.org http://kctu.org
January 25, 2006
Dear Colleagues, sisters and brothers:
On behalf of the Korean Confederation of (…)
, by KCTU
Lee ChanggeunInternational DirectorKorean Confederation of Trade UnionsTel.: +82-2-2670-9234 Fax: +82-2-2635-1134 E-mail: inter kctu.org Web-site : http://kctu.org2nd Fl. Daeyoung Bld., 139 Youngdeungpo-2-ga, Youngdeungpo-ku, Seoul150-032 Korea
On Monday, December 5, 2005, migrant workers (…)
, by KCTU
Self-presentation of the KCTU
, by ROUSSET Pierre
For the right to organize against neoliberal policies
Appeal in defense of KGEU
Call from the OMCT
, by KCTU
In defense of migrant workers
, by KCTU
In defense of Labor & Trade Unions Rights
, by KGEU
KGEU Celebrates 3rd Anniversary and Inauguration of ‘Special Committee to Fight for Reinstatement of Dismissed Workers’
Various activities planned to struggle against repression of union members
On 23rd March, the Korean Government Employees’ Union (KGEU) celebrated its 3rd anniversary. The (…)
, by KCTU
For the first time this year, on July 18, the South Korean government ordered arbitration at LG Caltex Oil by sending in police forces into LG Caltex Oil to suppress workers who were on strike. Also, on July 20, the government remitted Seoul¡¤Incheon Subway and Metropolitan Rail to arbitration, (…)
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