The National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification, in a statement on March 9, branded the reamendment of the labor law agreed to by the ruling and opposition parties of south Korea as the second retrogressive revision and declared it could not accept it. According to Seoul radio reports, the organization said that the amendment in which provisions for "flexible working hours," "layoffs" and other "poisonous articles" are not struck out is the result of political negotiations which ignore the opinion of the people. The organization urged the rewriting of the labor law on democratic lines. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions contended that the reamendment of the labor law agreed to by the ruling and opposition parties on March 8 is barely different than that which was railroaded at the end of last year. The Confederation declared that it would stage a general strike in May to have the articles which threaten the basic rights of the workers withdrawn. The Federation of Korean Trade Unions visited the buildings of the opposition National Congress for New Politics and United Liberal Democrats on March 10 and published a statement denouncing the current reamendment of the labor law as a product of backroom political negotiations. The organization warned that it would stage the third general strike slated for May ahead of schedule unless the reamendment of the labor law is immediately withdrawn and the labor law is rewritten in line with international standards. Shawgi Tell University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED]