Dear friends, The KCTU homepage has just been updated with news of KCTU leaders taking the step of shaving their head to announce the start of a massive anti-government campaign. http://www.nodong.org/english/action%20alert/leaders_shaved_head_0712.htm The leaders have reviewed the recent situation and recognised that the recent spate and intensity of the violence against workers and the trade union movement is inspired by a plan to wipe out trade union movement by the government to rush through neo-liberal restructuring of the economy, industry, and corporations in an effort to win favours with "international confidence". On July 11, the KCTU leaders, including President Dan Byung-ho, shaved their head in front of thousands of workers gathered for another mass protest action against the police violence against workers. The decision follows the most recent attack on workers on July 10 when riot police rampaged through the Lotte Hotel workers demanding resumption of negotiations on collective bargaining agreement. President Dan was beaten by riot police, dragged away, and kept in a police bus for some two hours. In the next updates, we will cover the consumer boycottt campaign against the Lotte products and services led by the KCTU and major civil society organisations. We will also bring the news of legal charge filed by the major organisations of the womens movement and trade union movement against the Lotte Hotel for spate of sexual harrassment at the workplace. This is combined with petition by 350 women workers to the Ministry of Labour calling on the authorities to investigate sexual harassment at the Lotte Hotel under the Equal Employment Act. Yoon Youngmo KCTU ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Korean Confederation of Trade Unions] http://kctu.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- powered by [Korean Progressive Network 'Jinbonet'] http://www.jinbo.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
