South Korea:

KCTU meets new president

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 11:04:42 GMT
From: Eric Lee <ericlee@usa.net>
Reply-To: union-d@wolfnet.com

According to a report in today's Korea Times newspaper, leaders of the
semi-legal Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) met yesterday
(Saturday) with President-Elect Kim Dae Jung.This was the first time that
KCTU leaders met with such a high-ranking official in the Korean government.

Union leaders expressed their disappointment with Kim's rapid acceptance of
all IMF terms, including his outspoken calls for unions to accept the
"inevitability" of mass layoffs, and "reform" of labour laws.

Some observers believe that a renewal of the general strike in South Korea,
broken off last winter, is only a matter of time.

For details, point your browsers to the news page at the "Solidarity with
Korea's Labour Movement" website:

http://www.solinet.org/LEE/korea_news.html

Eric Lee

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Eric Lee, Kibbutz Ein Dor, Israel
Personal home page: http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/2808/

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