20 Korean trade union leaders in jail - demand union rights in South Korea now!

20 Korean trade union leaders in jail - demand union rights in South Korea now!
The assault on workers' rights in South Korea is intensifying, with more than 20 trade union leaders and members now imprisoned including 7 Korean Confederation of Trade Union leaders and officials including KCTU President Han Sang-gyun (pictured), KPTU vice president Cho, Sung-deok and KPCWU president Lee, Jong-hwa.

President Park Guen-hye’s government has been throwing people into prison simply for standing up for workers’ rights.

Enough is enough.

The international trade union movement has launched a major online campaign on LabourStart to press for the release of these union leaders and for union rights in South Korea.

10/12 Intenrational Solidarity Day For Korean Transport Workers-Visit Korean Consulates Or Embassies & Korean Transport Workers Truckers Strike Against Deregulation on October 10
http://www.itfglobal.org/en/campaigns-solidarity/campaigns/support-koreas-strikers-for-justice/
Support for South Korean transport unions
Join the 12 October action: Visit your local South Korean Embassy and present a letter, see here; or if you can't visit, send a letter to the Ambassador. Please us send reports and pictures
https://twitter.com/hashtag/KoreanStrike4Justice?src=hash
#KoreanStrike4Justice
We need your support for South Korean transport unions

Dear colleagues, we need your support for South Korean transport unions.

Last week I visited South Korea and personally witnessed the courage and determination of Korean transport and public sector workers fighting for justice.

Now, an action day has been designated for 12 October 2016 and will be supported by the international trade union movement. I’m asking you to join the campaign.

South Korean workers are fighting back against government plans that would make sackings easier and divide workers.

Industrial actions in September brought together workers in 14 unions right across the public and public transport sectors in an impressive show of strength. But the government has declared the rail strike illegal. Charges have been pressed against 9 union officers, while 145 officers have been suspended from their job positions in preparation for further disciplinary actions.

The global union movement is fighting these attacks and is campaigning for rights in Korea as well as for the release of those arrested in the last wave of anti-union repression.

Get behind the campaign!

There are FIVE THINGS you can do to back South Korean unions:

1.Take a selfie with these solidarity signs (Graphic 1, Graphic 2, Graphic 3) and these to support the truckers (Graphic 4, Graphic 5, Graphic 6, Graphic 7) and post them online with the hashtag #KoreanStrike4Justice or send them to us before 12 October

2. Send us, or post a video on social media with the hashtag #KoreanStrike4Justice

3. Send a protest letter to President Park, via Labourstart

4. Join the 12 October action: Visit your local South Korean Embassy and present a letter, see here; or if you can't visit, send a letter to the Ambassador. Please us send reports and pictures

5. Help us get the word out. Post content to the #KoreanStrike4Justice, and keep an eye out at this hashtag for sharable content to support our campaign for an end to attacks on trade unionists. Check out our campaign siteathttp://www.Koreanstrike4justice.org, too!

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours in solidarity

Stuart Howard
Assistant General Secretary

Korean Transport Workers Truckers Strike Against Deregulation on October 10
Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
https://www.facebook.com/kctueng/
October 4 at 6:18pm ·
#SafeRates #KoreanStrike4Justice KPTU-TruckSol holding press conf to announce a national strike to begin on Oct 10 against deregulation of the trucking transport market that will exacerbate competition and dangerous driving practices. We demand strengthened enforcement on overloading, stop to deregulation, abolition of the ji-ib system, trade union rights and safe (standard) rates!

Report On Korean Labor Movement, Union Struggles & Repression
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yCtCiGF40
Ho Joon Song of Korean Confederation Of Trade Unions KCTU Seoul Gen. Secretary and Cho Jae Yong of the Korean Federation Of Construction Official Trade Unions K.F.C.O.T.U./Seoul Regional KCTU
spoke in San Francisco on 3/27/16. They discussed the conditions facing Korean workers and the struggle against deregulation of labor as well as massive repression of the labor movement by the President Park Geun-hye government.
For more information on the KCTU:
For More Info On KCTU
http://kctu.org
http://www.facebook.com/kctueng
Additional info:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZltuJaBlQA
https://youtu.be/Ok6f75XWGwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=525SAeBiFYk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAEvgdFKkLc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sS5vYoRiw
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/727461.html
http://revolution-news.com/south-korean-police-repress-massive-anti-government-protest/
http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/south-korean-workers-campaign-against-apparel-sweatshop-conditions-pyunghwa-market-1969-1970
Jailed Trade Unionists In Korea
1. Kim Gyeongdo : The metal union koeea GM car brench
2. Han Sanggyun ; KCTU The President
3. Choi Yeongcheol : Construction Union
4: Kim Gihong : Construction Union
5. Park Junseon : KCTU The director of organization
6. Lee Jaesik : The cargo union
7. Nam Jeongsu : KCTU The director of education and profaganda
8. Choi Jaegeun : The metal union koeea GM car brench
9. Lee Geumju : The metal union Ssangyoung car brench
10. Joe Seongdeok : KPTU The vice president (Public; transport)
11. Bae Taeseon : KCTU The director of organization
12. Jeong Yeonghyeon : Construction Union
13. Lee Hyeondae : KCTU The director of organization
Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.laborvideo.org