Kim Jong Un Receives Letter from Participants in Meeting of Presidential Council of WFTU

 Pyongyang, February 26 (KCNA) -- Supreme leader Kim Jong Un received a letter from participants in the meeting of the Presidential Council of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) held in Italy on Feb. 15.

    The letter said that leader Kim Jong Il dedicated himself to happiness of the working masses all his life and reliably defended socialism from all threats, blackmails and sanctions of the imperialists.
    Kim Jong Il's revolutionary idea and cause are being steadfastly carried forward by Kim Jong Un, it stressed.
    The letter strongly demanded the U.S. and the south Korean authorities stop at once the dangerous military exercises which will lead the situation on the Korean peninsula and the north-south relations to catastrophe and unconditionally accept the crucial proposal and open letter of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.
    In the letter the WFTU expressed full sympathy and support for the DPRK's stand that foreign forces should be rejected, the stand of By Our Nation Itself be firmly adhered to and an atmosphere be created for improving the north-south relations if the reunification of Korea is to be achieved.
    The WFTU will as ever extend invariable solidarity to the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea and the whole Korean working class, the letter concluded. -0-

Korean People's Just Cause Supported by WFTU

    Pyongyang, February 22 (KCNA) -- A meeting of the Presidential Council of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) extended full support to the Korean people's just cause. It was held in Rome, Italy on February 14 and 15.
    Adopted at the meeting was an appeal signed by delegates of trade unions of 18 countries and international and regional trade unions.
    The appeal addressed to the trade unions of all countries in the world in support of Korea's reunification and peace said:
    The nearly 70 year-long history of territorial division is inflicting untold disasters and sufferings upon all Koreans in the north and the south.
    Such tragic and disgraceful history of the Korean nation is entirely attributable to foreign forces.
    The U.S. and south Korean authorities are blustering that they will soon stage Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military drills for aggression which they have done every year under the pretext of "annual" and "defensive" ones.
    On January 16 the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK sent a crucial proposal to the south Korean authorities to pave the wide avenue of improving the north-south relations.
    This proposal reflects the desire and demand of the whole Korean nation in the north, the south and abroad aspiring after the independent reunification, peace and prosperity of the country.
    We strongly demand the U.S. and the south Korean authorities immediately stop their war drills seriously threatening peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in Asia and the rest of the world, expressing deep concerns about the projected dangerous joint military drills.
    Recognizing that the crucial proposal of the NDC of the DPRK serves as the first step for ensuring peace and security on the Korean peninsula, we fully support it and urge the south Korean authorities to respond to it as soon as possible.
    We ardently appeal the world working class and trade unions loving justice and peace to extend full support and solidarity to the Korean people and other working people in their just struggle for achieving reunification, peace and prosperity of the country.
    A letter to supreme leader Kim Jong Un was adopted at the meeting. -0-

Kim Jong Il's Birth Anniversary Celebrated by Workers, GFTUK Members

 Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- Workers and members of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK) held a meeting at the Central Hall of Workers Monday to celebrate the birth anniversary of leader

Kim Jong Il.
    Present there were Ri Yong Su, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials and members of the GFTUK and workers.
    Hyon Sang Ju, chairman of the Central Committee of the GFTUK, made a report to be followed by speeches.
    The reporter and speakers said that the birth of Kim Jong Il in Mt. Paektu was a great fortune of the nation which promised a rosy future of Juche Korea and world's historical event which opened a bright future for accomplishing the human cause of independence.
    They went on:
    After pledging to glorify Korea, Kim Jong Il demonstrated before the whole world the dignity of Kim Il Sung's nation with his absolute loyalty to President Kim Il Sung, ardent love for the country and people and boundless devotion in the whole period when he led the revolution.
    Saying that the workers are precious treasures of the country, he put forward them as pioneers and outpost workers for building a thriving nation and led all the work of the FGTUK.
    Supreme leader Kim Jong Un ushered in a new phase of accomplishing the cause of perpetuating the memory of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and is wisely leading the drive for modeling whole society on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism.
    The workers and members of the GFTUK should strive hard for the prosperity of Juche Korea, true to the leadership of Kim Jong Un, holding Kim Jong Il in high esteem forever. -0

Enlarged Plenary Meeting of General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea Held

 Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- The 75th Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea took place here on Monday.
    It discussed tasks to be fulfilled by the trade union organizations to devotedly implement the important tasks set forth by supreme leader

Kim Jong Un in his New Year Address and more firmly establish the monolithic leadership system of the party.
    Hyon Sang Ju, chairman of Central Committee of the federation, made a report, to be followed by speeches.
    The reporter and speakers said that Kim Jong Un's New Year Address serves as the important guidelines indicating the short-cut to ushering in the heyday of Songun Korea by raising a fierce wind of making a fresh leap forward on all fronts of building a thriving nation.
    They noted that the trade union organizations at all levels should conduct the ideological education work of various forms and methods to positively arouse the trade union members to the grand advance to suit the mission of ideological education organizations.
    They stressed that the organizations will give top priority to the work to more firmly establish the monolithic leadership system of Kim Jong Un.
    They underscored the need to make a tangible contribution to glorify this year as a year of grandiose struggle, a year of sea changes.
    Decisions were adopted at the meeting.
    Present there were members and alternate members of the Central Committee of the federation and its officials in Pyongyang and local areas. -0-

Stop to Suppression of Railway Trade Union Called for in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the Railway Trade Union held a rally at the plaza of Seoul Railway Station on Jan. 18. At the rally they reiterated their will to check the puppet authorities' clampdown upon them and stage actions until their struggle for the right to existence proves successful.
    Present there were more than 10 000 workers.
    Speakers at the rally recalled that the public security authorities recently put core members of their organizations including the chairman of the Railway Trade Union behind bars, adding such method can never hinder the struggle of the workers.
    Warning that they will again opt for a struggle in case the authorities continue laying off workers en masse and taking coercive measures, they urged the regime to stop its suppression of the trade union at once.
    They held that the director of the railway corporation should immediately step down as he is kowtowing to the political camp in a bid to gratify his despicable greed while groundlessly turning down the union's dialogue proposal.
    They warned that they will turn out in an all-out strike if the regime enforces privatization policy despite the opposition of people.
    Stressing they would stage actions until the detained workers are set free and their demand is met, they called on people from all walks of life including workers, the poor and peasants to stage joint actions. -0-

First Friday Labor Done

KCTU Stages Large-scale Anti-"government" Action

 Pyongyang, January 10 (KCNA) -- More than 20 000 members of the south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) staged the second anti-"government" action in Seoul and other parts of south Korea on Thursday.
    Sin Sung Chol, chairman of the KCTU, at the rally held at Seoul Square declared workers would become permanent slaves unless they fight against the present "government," which tramples down their right to existence.
    He called for dynamic actions to punish the present "government" keen to sell public sectors to the plutocrats.
    The KCTU will launch the third action across south Korea on Jan. 18 and go on a general strike for the resignation of the regime, frustration of the suppression of the labor movement and a halt to privatization in connection with the lapse of a year since Park Geun Hye's coming to power, he added.
    Earlier, the headquarters for general strike of the KCTU held a meeting on Tuesday at which it declared there is nothing to expect from the present regime hell-bent on the suppression of the labor movement.
    The former central executive members of the KCTU held a meeting in Seoul on Wednesday at which they denounced Park Geun Hye for revealing her attempt to push ahead with privatization of public sectors at her New Year press conference. -0-