Action for Genuine Life
Large-scale anti-"government" actions of labor circle were staged in south Korea on May Day, marking the 125th anniversary.
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions held a rally on May 1 at Seoul Square putting up slogan "End to Park Geun-hye".
It
was attended by at least 50 000 workers under the confederation and
more than 200 bereaved family members of the ferry Sewol disaster.
Speakers
at the meeting said that the workers get the minimum standard cost of
living and suffer all kinds of grinding toil in poor working condition.
Han
Sang-gyun, chairman of the confederation, declared it would fight to
put an end to the Park corrupt regime, not yielding to any threat.
He stressed they would continue the general strike in May and June.
At the end of the rally the participants staged demonstrations.
The
south Korean riot police barricaded the road with their vehicles,
sprayed tear gas and water on the demonstrators and took many people to
the police station.
Meanwhile,
there took place a rally in Youido, Seoul denouncing the puppet
authorities for retrogressively revising the structure of labor market
with at least 120 000 workers under the Federation of Trade Unions
attending.
Speakers
deplored that the reality of south Korea is becoming more disastrous
and miserable owing to unemployment and financial crisis during
two-year-long Park regime’s rule and there is neither hope nor future.
They
said that they would stop the authorities’ move to retrogressively
revise the structure of labor market through the June general strike.
That
day members of the Government Employees Union staged a strike in Seoul
in protest against the Park group's moves to retrogressively revise
pension for government employees.
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