[asia-apec 293] Strike Urgent Report #6, #7

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>Subject: Strike Urgent Report #6, #7
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>                                  Strike Urgent Report #6 
>                             - edited in January. 4, 1997, at 01:00 
>                       First day of the General Strike in THE SECOND WAVE 
>
>Successfully resumed the second wave of the strike!! 
>     Labor unions resumed their second strikes yesterday, threatening to
>intensify their labor actions 
>     beginning next week to nullify the nation's new labor laws. 
>     The Korea Confederation of Trade Union (KCTU) said that some 90,000
>workers went on strike 
>     at 46 businesses nationwide. Those workers on strike included some
>6,500 at Ssangyong Motor 
>     Co. and some 4,500 at Mando Machinery, the nation's largest auto parts
>maker.
>     Confederation chairman Kwon Yong-gil told a news conference at
>Myongdong Cathedral in Seoul 
>     that the nation will face escalating strikes next week. Another 230,000
>workers would walk out 
>     from their 200-odd businesses nationwide next Monday and other public
>sector workers on the 
>     next day, Kwon said. 
>     The KCTU is expected to expand the strike into all the industry
>following the second strike plan 
>     if President Kim's government doesn't repeal the labor law.
>     The Hundae Group Trade Union Federation, the Korean Federation of
>Chemicalworkers Industry, 
>     that of the Clerical workers, and the Construction workers Industry
>etc, will start on January 6th, 
>     and the public secter such as the broadcasting, the hospital and the
>Subway Workers Union will 
>     co-participate in the strike on 7th. 
>A Willful Distortion by labor Ministry 
>     The Labor Ministry said, however, the real number of striking workers
>yesterday was smaller 
>     than the figure given by the confederation. The Labor Ministry lereased
>regular press report on 
>     January 3, radically downsizing the strength of the strike.
>     The Labor Ministry reported that only 31 unions and 22,000 workers took
>part in the second 
>     strike. For exemple, the Labor Ministry report claimed that only 1,500
>members of DaeWoo 
>     Motors Unions took part in the strike. However, the KCTU found that the
>figure was only those 
>     who took part in the public rally and campagne the union conducted
>after having completed the 
>     unions strike meeting at the factory. In fact, some 3,500 workers
>attended the strike meeting; and 
>     among them, apart from those who returned home or on the factory picket
>line, 1,500 members 
>     went out into the downtown areas to conduct street campaignes.
>Futhermore, more than 80% of 
>     the members who were scheduled the work on the night shift had already
>made resolution to 
>     boycott the work. 
>     Meanwhile, the prosecution said it will crack down on the illegal labor
>actions as soon as strikes 
>     expand to public sectors like subways or hospitals. The prosecution
>started screening the list of 
>     key union leaders before arresting them on charges of masterminding
>illegal strikes, aprosecution 
>     offitial said. 
>
>
>
>     Published by the Telecommunication Taskgroup for General Strike (TTGS)
>     Distributed through Online BBS Service and Internet twice a day
>     Phone : +82-2-855-1913
>     E-mail : rys at member.sing-kr.org
>     Homepage : http://kpd.sing-kr.org/strike 
> 
>
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>                                   Strike Urgent Report #7 
>                            - edited on January. 6, 1997, at 23:00 
>                       Third day of the general strike in THE SECOND WAVE 
>
>The Second stage of the Strike Spread like Wildfire!! 
>     Today, January 6, 97, some 150 unions, totaling 190,863, including
>Hyundai Group Trade 
>     Federation, the Federation of Automobile Workers Unions, the Korean
>Federation of Metal 
>     Workers Industry, which have continued the Strike since the end of the
>year, dashed into the 
>     second wave of the strike.
>     The strike covers the Korean Federation of Professional and Technician
>Union, and the 
>     participation of the Clerical Workers is expected to increase. 
>     On January 7, with the start of 9,000 workers at the four broadcating
>company including KBS, 
>     MBC, EBS, CBS, Hospital Workers Union and the other clerical unions
>will join the ranks of 
>     the striking workers planning the general strike to extend step by step. 
>Make the Strike turn to the Nationwide Struggle!! 
>     The Federation of Korean Trade Unions(FKTU) decided to join the
>Nationwide Committee for 
>     Democratic Labor-management relation and Social Reform(the Nationwide
>Committe below) last 
>     Saturday, January 4. This decision seems to be made by establishing on
>December 31. The 
>     solidarity struggle with various democratic social groups as one of the
>4 basic priciple of the 
>     second-phase struggle. 
>     The joining of FKTU in the Nationwide Committee has very important
>meaning in the fact that 
>     KCTU and FKTU, the both axis for workers organizations will participate
>in the same rank. That 
>     is, announcing statements by both organizations, holding news
>conferences jointly and joint rallies 
>     will be an opportunity to the Gerenal Struggle more effectively. 
>
>
>
>     Published by the Telecommunication Taskgroup for General Strike (TTGS)
>     Distributed through Online BBS Service and Internet twice a day
>     Phone : +82-2-855-1913
>     E-mail : rys at member.sing-kr.org
>     Homepage : http://kpd.sing-kr.org/strike 
> 
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