This week, thousands of members of the Korean Metal Workers Union took to the streets against proposed amendments to the Labour Act and for secure jobs. They also staged a solidarity rally in support of two of their comrades, Jeon Yeong-soo and Lee Seong-ho, who are now into their second month of their aerial protest against their dismissal from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. Also this week, a United Nations human rights body declared that the continued detention of Han Sang-gyun, president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), is contrary to human rights and he should be released.
This week, thousands of members of the Korean Metal Workers Union took to the streets against proposed amendments to the Labour Act and for secure jobs. They also staged a solidarity rally in support of two of their comrades, Jeon Yeong-soo and Lee Seong-ho, who are now into their second month of their aerial protest against their dismissal from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard. Also this week, a United Nations human rights body declared that the continued detention of Han Sang-gyun, president of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), is contrary to human rights and he should be released.
