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3 April, 2006
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) announced it will conduct a week-long general strike in South Korea, beginning 6 April, over the non-regular workers’ legislation that again is before the National Assembly. The legislative body opened an extraordinary session today and the controversial bill, designed to allow employers more flexibility in hiring contract workers, will be the focal point of its agenda.
KCTU organised a mass rally today in front of the National Assembly to draw attention to the start of Thursday’s strike. The legislation, a cluster of three bills adversely affecting the rights and working condition of temporary workers, would grant employers the right to employ hundreds of thousands more contract workers for up to two years before laying them off.