Submitted by solidarity on Tue, 02/11/2014 - 13:29
San Francisco Labor Council SFLC Resolution to Support Korean Railway Workers & KCTU Strike against Privatization And Repression and to Oppose Rail Privatization & Support General Strike
http://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/02-10-14ResSptKorea...
Whereas, the Korean Railway Workers Union have opposed the privatization of KORAIL, the Korean public railway system; and
Whereas, the KRWU went on strike on December 9th to stop this privatization; and
Submitted by solidarity on Mon, 12/30/2013 - 08:26
Submitted by solidarity on Fri, 12/27/2013 - 09:38
KORAIL, union talks deadlocked-Korean "police have court-issued arrest warrants for 25 union leaders for waging the strike that the government has defined as being "illegal."
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131227000391
Published : 2013-12-27 10:28
Updated : 2013-12-27 21:25
Korea Railroad Corp. chief executive Choi Yeon-hye (left) and its labor union leader Kim Myung-hwan speak in separate news conferences in Seoul on Friday. (Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald)
Submitted by solidarity on Wed, 12/25/2013 - 19:04
12/27 SF Rally To Defend The Right To Strike! Free All Arrested Korean Railway Strikers!
Stop Mass Firing of South Korean Railway Workers And Stop Privatization!
Victory To The KCTU General Strike!
Friday December 27, 2013 12:00 Noon
San Francisco Korean Consulate
3500 Clay St near Laurel St. San Francisco
Submitted by solidarity on Tue, 12/24/2013 - 18:44
Korea's Park, unionists fight make-or-break battle “We can never accept the police’s violent intrusion. We will systematically react against the government’s suppression of labor,” said Shin Seung-chul, head of the KCTU.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/12/116_148509.html
President Park Geun-hye hugs a soldier during her visit to a front-line unit in Gangwon Province, Tuesday. Park told the troops to deal sternly and mercilessly with any North Korean provocations. / Yonhap
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