From: "cpimllib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 09:22:15 +0530 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Stop repression ; safeguard the fundamantal rights of the workers. TO: President KIM Dae-Jung Fax: +82-2-770-0202 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SHIN Seung-Nam, Prosecutor General Fax: +82-2-3480-2555 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: DAN Byung-Ho, KCTU President Fax: +82-2-2635-1134 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] YANG Kyung-Kyu, KPSU President Fax: +82-2-497-0444 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The right to strike is a fundamental right for all workers! The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)(Liberation) is aware that your government is launching a repressive attack on trade unions that are rightfully opposing neoliberal structural adjustment -- the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), Korean Federation of Transportation, Public and Social Services Workers' Unions (KPSU), Korean Air Flight Crew Union (KALFCU), Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union (KHMWU), and the list goes on. The Korean government's abuse of laws on "obstruction of business," forced arbitration in "essential public services," etc., for the purpose of jailing union leaders, is inviting the criticism of those concerned with human rights and workers' rights around the world. We call your attention to recommendations already made by the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association: - to amend the list of essential public services contained in section 71 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (TULRAA) so that the right to strike is prohibited only in essential services in the strict sense of the term. - noting that the legal definition of the infraction of "obstruction of business" under section 314 of the Penal Code is so wide as to encompass practically all activities related to strikes, requests the Government to bring this provision in line with the narrower interpretation given to it by the Supreme Court as well as with freedom of association principles. We demand that you respect workers' rights and immediately cease your attack on trade unions. Release all detained trade unionists and drop all charges being made against them. Sincerely, P.V.Srinivas Incharge, International Relations, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) U-92 Shakarpur, Delhi 110092. INDIA. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
