A-Infos (en) Korea : KCTU re-declares a general strike

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 KCTU re-declares a general strike.
 
 Seoul(Feb 10, Tuesday) -
  
 Korea Confederation of Trade Unions has resolved to upset the 
 agreements signed a few day ago, to re-organize a general strike 
 in the 8th delagates congress. The central leaders have resigned 
 in charge of negotiation and Dan Byoung-Ho, the president of 
 Democratic Metal Confederation was elected as the chief of 
 extraordinary committee by a voice vote, who is a leader 
 symbolising the democratic labor movement since '87 the workers 
 Great struggles.
 
 The temporary delagates congress was held in straind atmosphere 
 throughout on Feb 9 at Yurim House, Seoul and had a heated 
 discussion to reject the confirmation by standing vote againt 
 184 among attending 272. The president election was defered 
 indefinitely. The central headquaters had been occupied by the 
 workers from Halla heavy industries on the day before, which is
 the first event within the democratic labor.
 
 Many workers said that although the agreements has some positive
 items, eq. the approval of the teachers' union has being illegal 
 since '89 and the political activity of trade union, the 
 Confederation has not to approve to cut off the life of fellow 
 workers and if the bill on legalisation of layoffs would be passed 
 in surrounding the illegal layoffs already prevails, mass 
 unemployment will be accelerated and the labor movement will not 
 exist any more.
 
 It was Junhaetu(committee of the arrested, sacked, escaping 
 workers) and The congress of activist groups in shop floor that 
 have played a central role in rejecting, which have the strong 
 antipathy against bureaucratization and reformism and the latter
 comprises major big industries. 
 
 It is said that the union capable of going on a strike practically
 is not so much and it has no time to orgarnize because the bill 
 will be soon put on the agenda in the Nation Assembly. But the 
 550,000 workers in KCTU seems to feel that there is no place to 
 step back furder more. 
  



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