The Korean government has demaded that the Korean teachers' Union (KTU) disaffiliate its unemployed members, or risk deregistration. The teachers have been given until October 23 to change their constitution or else the government will revoke the 60,000-member union’s official status, 14 years after it became an official union. The nine teachers that are the current focus of this attack are activists who have attempted to alter the curriculum or to stand up against corruption in public schools. Education International, representing teachers unions around the world, together with Public Services International, the International Trade Union Confederation and three Korean unions have called for a massive global campaign of protest.
The Korean government has demaded that the Korean teachers' Union (KTU) disaffiliate its unemployed members, or risk deregistration. The teachers have been given until October 23 to change their constitution or else the government will revoke the 60,000-member union’s official status, 14 years after it became an official union. The nine teachers that are the current focus of this attack are activists who have attempted to alter the curriculum or to stand up against corruption in public schools. Education International, representing teachers unions around the world, together with Public Services International, the International Trade Union Confederation and three Korean unions have called for a massive global campaign of protest.
