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LaborersinSwirlofDaewooCrisis
SeriesofProtests
onDaewoo
Followed
MeetingtheDaewoounionistsattheSangokCathedralafterthepolicecrackdown
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
P
eople stopped passing by the Sangok
that 6,884 workers, which is 30% of the
attackedtheunioniststhatweresittingonthe
Motorwithoutlaying7,000workersofflike
theblack.
Cathedral and took another glance at
entire laborers at the factory would be
concreteroadwaitingforthepolicetomake
the GM have asked the Kim Dae-jung
However, there is no use of demanding
the pictures on its walls that were known
removed.Theninthismid-February,atotal
wayforthemtoentertheoffice.Oneofthe
administration,” Lee Kyi-soon, one of the
theseplansbeimplantedbythecompanyfor
fairlywelltothepublicbynow.Picturesof
of 1,750 Daewoo Motor workers were
members of the Korean Confederation of
female unionists poured out her desperate
they have no power over running the
people covered with their own blood were
actually laid off as the government and
TradeUnions(KCTU)videotapedtheentire
stories.
management. There is no owner and no
posted on the brick fence. They were
creditor banks moved to reshape the
situation. There were clubs, deliberately
Leewasatthespottowitnesstherioton
moneyleftatDaewooandthedecisionsare
pictures, or proofs that workers at the
company as part of its efforts to sell the
sharpened edge of riot police’s shields,
the 10th. No unionists tried to harm the
up to the creditor banks that have stopped
Daewoo Motor were severly beaten by the
automakertoGeneralMotors.
broken bones and chasing of the workers
young police officers first. The young
supporting the financial needs. Creditor
armed police. Such outbreak was on April
Continuousstrugglesweremadefromthe
until they were screaming in pain. “The
officersthattheywereaccusedofholdingas
bankswouldrathervoteforliquidationthan
A
10thatPupyong,whereDaewoo’smaincar
Daewoo Motor unionists to obstruct the
police have planned the whole barbarism
hostages were in fact having a cigarette
tomakeDaewooastateenterpriseandlose
fter the riot lead by the police in
plantwasplaced,some30kilogramswestof
process the government was undergoing to
from the beginning,” scoffed Kim Il-hwan,
break with the unionists in the back, she
moremoneythantheyalreadyhave.
Pupyong on April 10th, rallies
Seoul. These bloodied faces have been
sell Daewoo Motor, only to kick out
one of the 600 unionists, resting in shifts at
implied. Misunderstanding the situation, the
The present government is also uncertain
denouncing the politicians did not stop.
looming over the internet and other sources
themselves of their working line. The only
the Sangok Cathedral. “We should have
colleague officers barged into the union
inmanagingtheeconomicalissuesincluding
OnApril21st,arallyleadbytheKorean
of the media stimulating curiosity to some
“success” for the unionists were that they
knownearlierwhythegovernmentsuddenly
ranksandstartedtheassault.Fortunately,the
theDaewooMotorunionists.DJgovernment
Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
massandoutragetotheothersincetheday
were prohibited to enter the union
announcedstrongwarningstothecarriersof
public opinion started to find out the truth
seemtohaveastrongbeliefforthemiracle
andDaewooMotorUnionwasheldatthe
of the clash between the riot police and the
headquartersnearthefactorydespitealocal
the firebombs, few days just before the
and the main concern went to the Pupyong
on foreign sales. Selling Daewoo Motor to
squareofSeoulStation.Therallywasalso
workers.
court’s ruling that they must be granted
attackonthe10th.Thepoliceissayingthat
Police Agency and chief officers for giving
GM was just one of the ways to save
heldin28otherregionsofthecountryat
access.Thepolicekeptrefusingtograntthe
we were beaten for “provocatively leading
such violent orders, for no younger officers
Daewoo to bring normalization. DJ, on the
thesametime.
I.BloodyApril10clash
Daewoo unionists and their lawyer
anillegalrally”onthestreetsthreateningthe
can act without orders from the top. Civic
otherhand,isthinkingtheotherwayaround,
Themainideasoftheserallieswereon
The tension between the Daewoo Motor
unhinderedaccesstotheiroffice,
police.”
and labor groups and bar associations
that selling the company will bring an
making President Kim Dae-jung resign
unionists and the company have existed
Eventually the violent clash broke out in
denounced what they call “violent
economicfortune.
along with Lee Moo-young, the head of
sincelastyearwhenthecompanyannounced
the afternoon of April 10th. The police
II.Livingincanvasfor60days
suppression on the part of the police,” and
Asdaysgoby,theunionistsaresuffering
the National Police Agency. The crowd
TheDaewooMotorUnionistsweredriven
oppositionlawmakersclaimthattheincident
more and more and the inclination is that
gatheredfortherallywasangry,shouting
out of the factory in February and the only
signifies the ethical failure of the current
DaewoowouldgoovertotheUSenterprise
rather vulgar chants demanding Kim
placeforsomeofthemontheruntobesafe
administration.
withnobenefitfortheKoreanlaborers.The
government to go down. Park Chang-il,
was at the nearest sanctuary, Sangok
onlywayforDaewootosurvivethisdisaster
social activist and who is also a priest
III. Daewoo, creditor banks and DJ
Cathedral.Twotentsweretemporailysetup
forthenationiswhenthecreditorbanks,the
stood on stage to give a political speech.
forbedandboardinthechurchyard.Inthe
government
Daewoo Corp. and the union start to
“Even in Catholic world, we believe that
tents, clotheslines hung just above people’s
The union have tried to concede to make
cooperate.WhetherDaewooMotorissoldto
violence is just when the opposition
heads. April wasn’t a cold month but quite
deal with the company. Instead of ridding
a foreign enterprise or becomes state-run,
performs violence first. We have our
thick jackets were seen beside other
6,884 workers, which they literally have
these will be just thoughts to save Daewoo
rightstofightbackforourlawfulrights,”
baggage.Afewunionistshavereturnedfrom
done already in ways of persuasion,
andpeoplewhohaveworkedforitformany
Thepriestroaredandthecrowdcheered.
another protest and were resting by a
compulsion and threats since last year, the
years. “I worked for Daewoo Motor for 20
Attheendoftherally,thecrowdjotted
portablestovewaitingforinstantnoodlesto
union suggested rotating a temporary rest
yearsandIlostmyjobsuddenly,”ParkSun-
whattheywantedtosaytothepoliticians
cook. “Don’t sympathize us, we are doing
among the workers. When the company
mok, one of the leaders at the Daewoo
onthegiganticbannerthatwastobesent
thisforourexistenceaslawfulworkers,”one
refusedtotakeintheproposal,anotheridea
MotorUnionopenedhismouth.“Iamangry
awaytotheNationalAssembly.Thenthe
ofthemensaidquietly.
was that all workers raise a fund for their
at the government, worried that other corp.
crowdwalkedinlinesforamarchyelling,
More than 600 people were coming and
fellowworkersandnotacceptingthepayfor
willfallintosuchcrisisandmostofall,Iam
“Down with DJ!” up to the National
going to hold meetings for upcoming
4 months. They insisted that only sixty
veryscared.”
Police Agency. No physical defense was
protests and propaganda activities. “About
billion won was needed, contrarily a small
seenbetweenthepoliceandthemarching
40peoplearewithusthroughoutnightsand
amount compared to the government have
crowd and ended the rally rather
days. We continue contacting the company
poured into Hyundai, to make the factory
peacefully.
ByLeeMin-a
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
or the governmental organizations to prove
operate again for another year. And this
AstudentvisitingSangokCathedralwritesencouragingmessagestotheunionists.
AssociateEditorofNationalSection
that our idea will and can save Daewoo
would help them to put Daewoo Motor in
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
MigrantWorkers’House/Korean-ChineseHouse
Mending“BrokenKoreanDream”
Shadeon“Sunshine”
anddangerous)workplaces.
onbackersandvoluntarysupportsbecause
to establish regulations for their rights.
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
R
elationsbetweenSouthandNorthKorea,whichdramaticallyimprovedfollowing
Duetothelackofasuitablelawsystem
ofthegovernmentpolicythatcannotassist
However, the real problem is looking at
the inter-Korean summit talks last June, are currently showing signs of a lull.
and short history of importing migrant
anillegalperson.
them from a biased viewpoint. We started
SkepticisminoursocietyisalsomountingoverwhetherNorthKorealeaderKimJong-
workersinKorea,mostofmigrantworkers
Regardless of financial difficulty the
this campaign in last March believing
il will visit Seoul this year for a second summit. At the same time the present
are in a defenseless state in the labor
civic group provides free housing and
“Salsaek” crayon as a catalyst which
government is confronted with the opposition party and ultra-rightists’ knee-jerk
market. Although there are salary delays
counselingforthemuntilthetheyareready
stimulates prejudice in people,” said Rev.
criticism of Kim’s Sunshine Policy while reading the feeling of Bush’s government.
and back pay, there is no way to help
tolivebythemselves.Theyhavedemanded
Kim Hae-sung, the president of Migrant
ManypeoplepointedoutthatthecurrentdownturnintherelationsofSouthandNorth
migrant workers except appealing to the
the government to introduce new laws
House. “I hope that there will be deeper
mostlyresultedfromthenewUSadministration’spolicy,‘basedonapowerprinciple’.
employer’s conscience. In dangerous
related to the employment of migrant
understandingaboutmanymigrantworkers
Actually, Bush’s hard-line diplomatic policies continuously make high international
working places, a number of migrant
workers so that their human rights can be
and Korean-chinese workers residing in
tensionineachpartoftheworld.Itissaidthat‘thethrowbacktotheColdWarera’can
workers are in the industrial accidents.
protected. The group also provides them
Korea.MigrantWorkers’Housewillkeep
Aforeignlaborerwalksforequalrights
beapplicabletoEastAsiaconsideringthediplomaticconflictswithChinaandRussia
However, those illegal workers receive
with opportunity to learn Korean and the
onworkingfortheirrights.”
onMayDay.
due to the NMD, TMD policies. On the Korean Peninsula, especially, the new US
neithercompensationnoradequatemedical
various cultures. A number of volunteers
administrationhasshutdownallchannelsofdialoguewiththeNorthuntilthefullsetup
treatment for their injuries. Other many
offer the medical service through this
Address:7288-11, Taepyeng2-dong,
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ofitsforeignpolicyteamandthereassessmentofitsNorthKoreapolicywillhavebeen
nder the current Korean law,
problems like working conditions,
group.Andtheyalsoholdafuneralforthe
Sujung-gu,
Songnam-si
completed.
foreigners’ employment in any job
violence, fraud, language barrier and
alien and send back to their mother
Kyonggi-do / 146-1, Gasan-
And they recently denounced the maintenance of the designation that considered
except for professionals such as foreign
prejudice break down “Korean Dream
countries.
dong,Geumchun-guSeoul
North Korea as a terror-supporting country. This policy of Bush’ for North Korea
language instructors and professional
(earning money in a short period through
Recently, Migrant Workers’ House
Tel:031-756-2143~4/02-863-6622
formulatesaprinciplethatitisbasedontheGenevaAgreementof1994,whichaimed
entertainers are strictly prohibited. In
hard working)” of many migrant workers.
concentrates its efforts on conducting the
Fax:031-757-8093/02-863-6633
forthefreezingofNorthKorea’snuclearissues,ortheyrequestthereductionofnuclear
reality, however, more than 140,000
AndtheKorean-Chineseworker’ssituation
campaign to remove “Salsaek” (literally
Homepage:www.migrantworkers.org
development, missiles and conventional arms’ power with a linkage of fulfilling the
migrantworkers(65%ofthealltheforeign
isalmostthesameasthemigrantworker.
means “skin color”in Korean for the color
GenevaAgreement.And,withthepredominanceofmilitarypower,theyplana“neglect
workers) are working in Korea. The
Migrant Workers’ House / Korean-
“peach”) crayon from crayon sets.
policy”withregardtotheadditionalagendainnegotiation,whichneglectstheNorth’s
Koreangovernmenthasgiventacitconsent
Chinese House was set up to solve
“Managing this counseling office, I have
ByKimMi-ji
requestsuntiltheirrequestsarefirstlyacceptedbyNorthKorea.Thesepoliciesofthe
to illegal migrant workers to make up the
problemsofthem.Founded1994,thecivil
alsocometorealizethattheproblemsatthe
ReporterofNationalSection
USarepressingNorthKoreaandtranslateintoapoliticalburdenonthepartofKorea.
shortage of laborer in 3D (difficult, dirty
organization has been entirely dependent
grass roots level. Of course it is necessary
AndtheKimDae-junggovernmenthasacceptedtheUSinsistencetosettletheproblem
oftheNorth’smissilesfirstofallinNorthKoreapoliciessincethegovernmentbegun.
AndtheKimDae-jungreconfirmedthatSouthKorea-USmilitaryalliancewouldnever
StrongGovernmentontheWeakandtheHurt
change irrespective of whether the certain progress of inter-Korean dialogues and
relationsismadeornotandhasputhisownhearttoproceedinapolicyofcooperation
betweentheSouthandtheUS.
T
Consequently we can recognize a very simple fact that the key element of the
here are 9 stations between
across and passing out fliers to the
followings.
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
SunshinePolicydependsonnotourowngovernmentbutthepolicyoftheUSAboveall
JanghanpyongstationandJongno3-ga
passengers that Day for Handicapped must
Firstly, industries and the
thisphenomenoncanbeprovedbythefactthatKim’sSunshinePolicydoesnothave
stationonthesubwaynumber5line.Ittakes
beknownforitstruereasons.
governmentshouldkeepthe
hisowninducementwhichcanbedistinguishedfromthatoftheUSForexample,his
approximately 18 minutes to travel the
Theydecidedto“Wheeldown”theaisles
law of hiring the disabled
policy does not consider the peace agreement with North Korea or the change of the
distancebysubway.Butthisisthewayfor
of subways when a physically handicapped
up to 2%. Secondly, such
militaryalliancebetweentheUS-SouthKoreabywhichNorthKoreacanbeseverely
anordinarypersontotravel.
man died at the Oido Station few months
law should apply to an
endangered, and this question has been raised continuously by the North. In other
When a disabled person gives a try, this
ago.Hewasusingthesmallliftforgoingup
industry of at least 50
words, Kim’s government has not suggested an independent agenda of negotiation
may take as twice as much or more. Not
thestaircaseinhiswheelchair.Themachine
employees.
Thirdly,
irrespective of the policy of the US, but has repeatedly tried to take the North into a
because they are slow, but because the
failed to work and the man fell. Many
establishing a long-term
dialogue with the agenda which is premised on North Korea - US dialogue such as
Koreansubwaymaynotbesuchagoodidea
activists were angered by this news and
plan for the handicapped
economicaid,foodsupport,fertilizerandelectricity.Internally,hehasonlytriedittobe
as a transportation for the disabled. And
planned the unusual “peace march” in the
was needed. After the
seenbytheconservativesasagoodpolicyratherthantogettogetherthepublic’swill
some 200 people proved this is so on April
subway.
assembly, the fifth annual
for reunification, which can be represented by the scrapping of the National Security
20th.
Those lifts were cheaper for the city to
march for employment on
Law.Torecoverthedownturnofinter-Koreanrelationsitisnecessaryforthepresent
April20th,wastheDayforHandicapped.
affordthanelevatorsandstillstoodasoneof
thedisabledensued.
governmenttoeradicatethecontradictionoftheSunshinePolicyundertheumbrellaof
23 different organizations concerned with
the nominal facilities for the disabled no
“IheardthatKoreaisthe
theUS.
problemsonthedisabledandbeingdisabled
matter how useless it was, stated Park Suk-
only nation in the world to
SouthandNorthKoreasignedalandmarkfive-pointaccordwhichincludescallsfor
themselves, they came out to denounce the
hwan,chairpersonofagroupforhelpingthe
have a designated day for
the two Koreas, who are the main parties on the peninsula to solve the question of
poor welfare system in Korea. This year’s
unemployeddisabledpeople.
the disabled but not much
national reunification in an independent manner, while pursuing reunification on the
DayforHandicappedwas,however,mainly
Park also commented that the rate of
have improved. It is sad to
basis of similar elements of the South’s and North’s commonwealth reunification
concentrated on the problems on Seoul
unemployedforthehandicappedis10times
see how government treat
formula. The present Sunshine Policy should try to be faithful in an independent
Subwayandpeopleweremoreaggressivein
higher than the physically ordinary people
theproblemsratherinbias,”
manner,whichisfreefromtheinfluenceoftheUS.
fightingfortherightsofthedisabled.
andthatthereisnosocialsafetynet.
Kwak Mi-ja, one of the
More than 100 disabled in wheelchairs
At Jongno 3-ga, about 250 people filled
marchers frowned and
wheeled their way through the subway to
the Chongmyo Park for an hour-long
added that she hoped there
showhowharditwastotransferintoanother
assembly. The participating organizations
was no such day if the
BySeongKuk-hwan
car or even move inside of the same car.
encouraged the one-man strike at the Seoul
situationisgoingnowhere.
EditorialConsultantofTheArgus
“We wait extra 30 minutes in subways, because of
TheytravelledfromJanghanpyongstationto
StationontheaccidentattheOidostationon
ByLeeMin-a
uselesslifts.”
Jongno 3-ga station, helping each other get
the subway number 4 line, and urged the
/TheArgus

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