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DESCRIPTION:3/28 SF Meeting: Solidarity With Korean Workers And Korean People Fighting 
 For Labor, Human Rights And Democracy\nSolidarity With Korean Workers And 
 Korean People Fighting For Labor, Human Rights And Democracy\nSunday March 
 28, 2016 1:00 PM\n518 Valencia St./16th Street near 16th St. BART 
 Station\nSan Francisco, CA\n\nJoin Two leaders of the KCTU will be in the 
 bay area at the end of the March  for a few days. Ho-Joon Song is a former 
 railway worker leader with the Korea Railway Workers Union KRWU and is now 
 president of Seoul Confederation of Trade Unions KCTU. Park, Young Chan is 
 the vice president of KCTU Seoul and is from the Korean Construction Union 
 which represents construction workers in Korea.\n\nThey will be discussing 
 the struggle to defend their unions and the massive attack on labor and 
 human rights including privatization, deregulation of labor and also 
 attacks on civil and human rights. Many Korean union leaders including 
 their leaders  have been jailed for organizing against privatization and 
 for democratic rights for their members. The deregulation which is also 
 pushed through the IMF and US Obama administration along with past US 
 governments  has led to more than 50% of workers becoming temporary workers 
 and there is a  massive outsourcing and privatization of public services. 
 It has also led to dangerous lack of health and safety and corruption of 
 public agencies  that directly led to the Sewol disaster and the loss of 
 the lives of hundreds of children, passengers and crew of the ferry boat. 
 The government has also violently attacked the parents and families who 
 want an independent investigation on how this maritime accident took place. 
 \nThe KCTU has also opposed the Korea US Free Trade Agreement KORUS and 
 also the Trans Pacifica Partnership TPP which would further privatize and 
 deregulate their economy hurting workers and farmers in Korea and the US 
 while benefiting US multi-nationals.\nAt the same time Korea education 
 workers and teachers have been prohibited from forming unions and lobbying 
 for labor rights and against growing nationalist war revision of textbooks 
 in Korea falsifying history. Korean Teacher Union leaders have also been 
 jailed for fighting for their democratic labor rights. Journalists  have 
 also been jailed for writing about the systemic corruption of the US 
 supported South Korean President Park Geun-hye government. The government 
 also made an agreement with the Japanese government to end any further 
 education about the "comfort women" issue without consulting the comfort 
 women. Park Geun-hye and Japanese prime minster Abe's families were 
 personally involved in supporting the 2ndWW and also US supported military 
 governments after the war. Their drive for militarization and repression of 
 labor and human rights has a long history.\n\nThey will report on their 
 efforts to defend public services, fight for full time jobs and for health 
 and safety protection of workers and the public. Also they will discuss the 
 growing militarization including Jeju and war in Asia.\n\nFor information 
 and to endorse call (415)282-1908\n\nInitial Endorsers\nKPFA WorkWeek 
 Radio\nhttps://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio\nUnited Public Workers For 
 Action\nwww.upwa.info\nTransport Workers Solidarity 
 Committee\nwww.transportworkers.org\n\nAdditional 
 Information\nhttp://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/729162.html\nhttp://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/723488.html\nhttp://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/722989.html\nhttp://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/727461.html\nhttp://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/04-13-15ResReWMDTPPKoreanMothers.pdf\nhttp://sflaborcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/01-12-15ResSptKoreanJournalists.pdf\nhttp://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/12/116_193366.html\nhttp://sflaborcouncil.org/sites/labor/uploads/01-24-11ResOpposingKORUS.pdf\nhttp://www.thenation.com/article/in-south-korea-a-dictators-daughter-cracks-down-on-labor/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/14/18784034.php
SUMMARY:SF Meeting: Solidarity With Korean Workers & Korean People Fighting For Labor, Human Rig
LOCATION:518 Valencia St./16th St near Mission & 24th BART\nSan Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/03/14/18784034.php
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