Tuesday, November 14, 2006
[IWS] KOREA: KCTU Launches a General Strike! [14 November 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
http://kctu.org/
KCTU Launches a General Strike!
http://kctu.org/maybbs/pdsview.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_action&n=36
KCTU Newsletter Special: 2006 General Strike
The KCTU has produced video highlighting trade union repression in South Korea. This can be viewed by logging into the following website: http://www.nodong.org/bbs/view.php?id=nodong_tv&no=127
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 annual National Workers Rally sponsored by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) on Sunday November 13, 2006. The National Workers Rally is held every year on the second Sunday of November to commemorate Chun Tae Il, who had self-immolated himself in 1970 in the name of worker rights. His death is considered to be one of the pivotal moments of South Korean modern democratic labor movement. Prior to the main rally, various affiliates of the KCTU such as the Korean Metal Workers Federation (KMWF), Korean Federation of Transportation Public and Social Service Workers Union (KPSU), Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU), Korean Government Employees Union, and the Korean Cargo Transport Workers Union (KCTWU) conducted separate rallies throughout downtown Seoul highlighting issues particular to each union.
AND MORE....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
http://kctu.org/
KCTU Launches a General Strike!
http://kctu.org/maybbs/pdsview.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_action&n=36
KCTU Newsletter Special: 2006 General Strike
The KCTU has produced video highlighting trade union repression in South Korea. This can be viewed by logging into the following website: http://www.nodong.org/bbs/view.php?id=nodong_tv&no=127
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 annual National Workers Rally sponsored by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) on Sunday November 13, 2006. The National Workers Rally is held every year on the second Sunday of November to commemorate Chun Tae Il, who had self-immolated himself in 1970 in the name of worker rights. His death is considered to be one of the pivotal moments of South Korean modern democratic labor movement. Prior to the main rally, various affiliates of the KCTU such as the Korean Metal Workers Federation (KMWF), Korean Federation of Transportation Public and Social Service Workers Union (KPSU), Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Unions (KFCITU), Korean Government Employees Union, and the Korean Cargo Transport Workers Union (KCTWU) conducted separate rallies throughout downtown Seoul highlighting issues particular to each union.
AND MORE....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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