[Via... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Downwithcapitalism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 2:42 AM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] Class struggle in S. Korea Korean Central News Agency of DPRK. 9 June 2001 Juche 90. Workers' demonstration continues in S. Korea. PYONGYANG -- Workers' demonstration is going on in protest against the South Korean police authorities' hurling of huge police force into the Hyosung Ulsan Factory, according to Radio No. 1 from Seoul. Demonstrators of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and others occupied a road in front of the public parking lot in Ulsan on June 6 before standing in confrontation with police and over 300 students affiliated to the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) joined demonstrators. Choe Man Sik, acting chairman of the workers union of the Hyosung Ulsan Factory, and 6 other unionists went up a tower 40 metres high on June 5 to continue the strike the next day. Earlier, at least 1,500 members of the KCTU and students of Hanchongryon held a demonstration in protest against the police deployment. Meanwhile, the Ulsan city branch of the Democratic Workers' Party, an opposition party, published a statement and held a press interview on June 5 denouncing the police crackdown. <>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<>--<> Korean Central News Agency of DPRK. 9 June 2001 Juche 90. Airlines workers' union vow to call strike. The Asiana Airlines Workers Union in a press interview held at Kimpho Airport on June 7 declared it would go on a strike on June 12, the day fixed for the start of a general strike of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions if negotiations with the management slated to be held from June 7 to 9 collapse, according to Yonhap News from Seoul. The organization vowed to call the strike as it could not hold negotiations with the management on the wage hike and other issues though it tried to push them several times from the outset of may. In another development, the airplane pilots union of South Korea announced that it would join the Asiana Airlines Workers Union in the strike. * * * * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
