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Kctu general strike8/20/2023 ![]() ![]() They were delayed by hours of scuffles with KCTU staff, who stalled them until the confederation’s lawyer arrived. First Spy Agency Raidĭuring the raid, thirty agents of the National Intelligence Agency (NIS) executed a search warrant on the KCTU’s headquarters in Seoul. Yoon was elected last March on an openly anti-labor platform. The moves come at the same time as the conservative government, led by president Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to lift restrictions on long working hours and reduce pension payouts while increasing worker contributions. The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor by conflating organizing with threats to national security. The Fair Trade Commission also attempted an on-site investigation of the Cargo Solidarity Headquarters again in three days.Ī strong standoff continues, with the cargo union filing a complaint with the Human Rights Commission, claiming that the government's order to start work violates the three labor rights.South Korea’s intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), the country’s largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. [Park Dae-soon/Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Department of Advanced Logistics: Suspension of vehicle operation on the 30th, accusation for criminal punishment, etc. He said that he was checking again with 89 transport drivers who did not answer the call or who said they would not return to work. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs conducted an on-site investigation to confirm that 455 cement transporters who had received a business start order had actually returned to work. The government has increased the level of pressure. It's going to turn around now, to put in oil.] ![]() [Park Jong-min/Delivery driver: (Another gas station) The oil ran out there too. Strike that continued on the 13th day, the number of out-of-stock gas stations increased to 96, and the government estimated 3 There was a disruption in the shipment of products worth more than KRW 1 trillion. ![]() The Buulgyeong Headquarters of the Construction Workers' Union launched an indefinite general strike from yesterday, and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions plans to hold a general strike today in 15 locations across the country, including Uiwang and Incheon. [CEO of partner company: As the strike is prolonged, there is no such confidence that we can finish the deadline work on time. Construction has stopped altogether since yesterday.Īs the construction workers went on strike in sympathy with the cargo union, there was no one to work. The construction union went on strike in sympathy with the cargo union, and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions also said they would go on a general strike today.Ī construction site in Busan where apartments for 2,400 households are being built. Today (6th), the 13th day of the strike by the cargo union, the government has launched a full-fledged sanction against union members who did not return to work despite the order to start work. ![]()
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