View from within the restricted area of the DMZ

E-Land Struggle Rally on 8.15 in Seoul

August 12-13, 2007: KEEPer's March Across the DMZ

KEEP'ers on a two-day march for our homeland, across the DMZ, accompanying Women Against US Imperialism.

KEEPer's Visit Pyeongtaek and meet with villagers

News received from the KEEPers!

Here is some news that we received via phone from the 2007 KEEPers:

it's been four days including the orientation...I'm only but a cat among eight...KEEP is going really well... We met a lot of people... KEEP ppl are experiencing a lot. Today is like the fourth day or fifth day.. already, the participants are seeing and feeling a lot of things... we finally had a session today where we got to talk about what they saw and experienced. it's only been a few days, but ppl felt a lot, and precious tears started flowing.. the group is tight and is taking care of each other... there is already a feeling that we're going to know each other for a long time, and that we'd be working together for a long time...

Appeal for Solidarity

[KCTU Call to Action] Appeal for Solidarity : E-Land irregular workers Crushed with the Police

The Police Break-up of the E-Land Workers will Legitimize the Abuse of the Irregular Workers' Bill
- The Irregular Workers Bill has now revealed its ineffectiveness and loopholes to the entire nation

On 20th of July, the Roh Moo-hyun government crushed with police shields the calls on the part of the women irregular workers that "they be allowed to work," and took all of them to police stations. The government, despite being responsible for a bill that expands irregular work instead of protecting the casual workers, used government force to repress the irregular workers' demands for their livelihood. The government has legitimized the incapacitation of what little protective measures existed in the bill by protecting E-Land's abuse of such provisions...


WHAT YOU CAN DO

We are calling for protest letters to the President Roh Moo Hyun at the Blue House, +82-2-770-1690(Fax) or e-mail at president@cwd.go.kr Copies should be sent to the Ministry of Labor, Minister Lee Sang-Soo +82-2-504-6708 or e-mail at m_molab@molab.go.kr

Please be sure to send a copy to KCTU by +82-2-2635-1134(fax) or e-mail at inter@kctu.org

Your solidarity would be enormously helpful not only for the E-land workers' struggle but protecting the entire irregular workers' rights.

E-Land Unionists' Strike for their Right to Live

Thousands of unionized workers at the E-Land Group, a major fashion and retail outlet, continued to walk off their jobs for more than a week, demanding that the company cancel its decision to lay off more than 900 irregular workers...