Solidarity

January 29, 1997
Issue 
260

Solidarity

Solidarity with South Korean workers in their struggle is important. Here are some possible actions:

1. Pass the following motion at your workplace or through your union:

"This workplace/union opposes the introduction of the South Korean labour law and security law. These laws will make it easier to sack workers, reduce wages and increase working hours. Freedom of association and political activities will be severely curtailed.

"We note that South Korean workers already work 54 hours per week on average (in the shipbuilding industry 70 hours on average), 43% of workers earn less than what is needed to satisfy the most basic of needs and South Korea has amongst the highest rate of industrial accidents in the world.

"We support the strikes called by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and wish the workers success in their campaign to repeal the laws.

"We wish to donate $______ to the KCTU."

2. Send donations to the KCTU, c/- Jongsoae Oh, 14 First Avenue, Campsie NSW 2149.

3. Send protest letters to Ambassador Moon Dong, Dong-Suk, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, 113 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla ACT 2600, and Kim Young-sam, President of the Republic of Korea, The Blue House (Chung-Wa-Dae), 1 Sejong-Ro, Jongro-Ku, Seoul 110-050, Republic of Korea.

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