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InterviewwithHuhYoung-koo,actingpresidentofKCTU
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
Internationalsolidarityenables
Professorsarelaborers
workerstoattaintheirrights
A
ctivitiesrelatedtolaborunionhavehithertobeenatabooforuniversityprofessors.
Professorsacrossthecountry,estimatedataround550asofAprilthisyear,are
getting united to form a trade union of their own. But the hitch is, although very
determined,theireffortdoesnotrepresentalluniversityprofessors.Someofthemare
R
nervousaboutthiscampaignlesttheyshouldfacesomesortofdisciplinaryactionby
epresentatives from the International
implementing a five-day workweek
their board superiors. Thus the idea of organizing a union is facing opposition from
Labour Organization (ILO) visited
system and helping the contract workers
conservativeforces.Someopposetheformationofaunionbecausetheythinkthatitis
KoreaonOctober16totakeadeeplookat
wintheirrights?
notnecessaryasstudentsarekeepingasharpeyeonactivitiesoftheirboardoftrustees.
Korea’slabor-managementrelations.
H: A five-day workweek system is
Another concern is that for professors, a union membership may be seen as a
ThemeetingbetweentheILOandKorean
planned to be carried out by the year 2010.
unbecomingoftheirsocialstatus.
government was scheduled beforehand to
Thereshouldbenolay-offsandloweringof
Most people still wonder how a college professor can be called a laborer. Such a
diagnose a general look at the labor
wages while this system is in progress.
notion hinders the legalization of a professors union and therefore this issue at hand
environment and to urge Korea to move
Employers and the government should
needstobediscussedcarefully.Koreanconstitutionstatesthat“anemployedpersonisa
quickly to legalize multiple trade unions at
prepare a measure in case some
laborer”andthislegitimatizethecategorizationofprofessorsaslaborers;afterall,they
individualworkplaces.
shortcomings arise while enforcing this
areemployedbytheboardoftrusteesofprivateuniversitiesandbythegovernmentin
ButtheILOrepresentativesalsometwith
system.
caseofpublicuniversities.Whenapersonisconfirmedasaworkeritisnaturalthathe
nation’s two umbrella labor groups, the
Re the question on contract workers,
orshewantstofightforbetterworkingenvironmentandsuch“fight”shouldbethrough
FederationofKoreanTradeUnions(FKTU)
revisionoftheconcernedlawisessentialfor
a labor union, or that’s what the Korean law requires of those who are leading labor
and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
irregularly employed workers. We hear that
unionactivities.
(KCTU). Through their meeting the public
people now ignore the Kim Dae-jung
ItisoddthoughthattheKimDae-jungadministrationdoesnotlookuponprofessors
became aware of the Broad Coalition for
administration because it is enforcing
aslaborersandyettreatsthemassuchaccordingtopoliciesbasedonneo-liberalism.It
KCTU President Dan Byung-ho’s Release
policies based on neo-liberalism in every
is the government’s plan to apply the yearly salary contract system to university
whichhasrecentlyformedbyKCTU.
fieldofKoreansociety.
professorsorhavethemearnmoneyaccordingtotheirperformanceinsteadofseniority.
“Free Dan Committee” is a gathering of
KCTU cannot condone the hardship that
TheyearlycontractsystemismodeledaftertheAmericanmanagementapproach,but
some Catholic priests, protestant ministers,
theworkers,especiallythecontractworkers,
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
lacking the rationale which may be the only merit that neo-liberal policies carry. But
and Buddhist monks, professors, lawyers
arevictimizedbytheinhumanepolicies.We
many cases in which this system was applied shows that the annual salary contract
and other distinguished personalities on the
will have to keep talking to companies and
failed to bring about advancement of any kind for the concerned schools. Instead it
fieldofvarioussocialmovements.
Reporter: A high-ranking ILO official
on during the KCTU’s emergency
the government to figure out a way to
becameanotherwayofsubjectingprofessorstoamorerigidsetofrestrictions.Andit
Thecommitteeclaimsthatthegovernment
came to Korea to examine the labor-
representativemeeting?
overcomethepresentaffliction.
provedtobedetrimentaltotheresearch-orientedatmosphereforcollegeprofessorsby
hasbrokenitspromisetofreechairmanDan
management relations and called for
H: During the session, we talked mainly
demanding greater competition from them; it also hindered progressive-minded
afterhisimprisonmentof64days.
release of chairman Dan. What else was
aboutMr.Danbecausehewasarrestedagain
R:Isthereanymessageyouwouldlike
professorsfromcriticizingtheirschoolauthorityorthegovernment.
In August, Mr. Dan turned himself in,
discussed between KCTU and ILO
soon before he was to be released again.
to share with the workers worldwide as
Therearepoliciesthatembodyneo-liberalisminKoreaincludingtherestructuringof
from the sit-in protest which he led to halt
duringhisvisit?
Whatwecandofornowistowaituntilthe
representativeoftheKoreanlaborcircle?
employeeswhichhasinvitedrejectionbytheworkers.Nowtheprofessorsaretaking
government persecution of workers and the
Huh:WecansaythatILOislikeaglobal
trialonMr.Dan’sdetentionisover.Weneed
H: Growing suppression on laborers by
sideswiththesepeoplewhoarefightingtogetridoftheabsurdeducationalpoliciesof
trade union movement. His sentence was
Tripartite Commission intervening
totakesortsoflegitimateactions,andweare
the financial and political powers is
theKimadministration.Itwouldbeonlyfairtoguaranteeprofessorstherightsasany
coming to an end, however, when the
international affairs between labor and
quite confident about that because our
unbearable.
otherworkersincludingtheunionizingifsuchactionwillhelpthemsecuretheirrights
prosecutor extended his prison term for no
capital. And the ILO thought it was
demand for cessation of government
Astateissupposedtoprotecttherightsof
asworkers.AlthoughalluniversitiesalreadyhaveacommitteecalledFacultyCounsel
specialreasons,thusarousingsuspicionthat
regrettable that KCTU was not actively
suppressionofworkersisright.
people, but this government, which is
(FC) that represents professors, it does not empower them to create a democratic
the government wants to get rid of trade
joining the Tripartite Committee. So, while
We are also going to pressure the
supposedtobeahumanrightsgovernment,
administration in universities, or to enjoy academic freedom plus a secure status as
unionsforgoodinsteadofservingthelabor-
other international labor and trade unions
governmentbyconductingacampaignatthe
isarrestingmoreworkersthanthepreceding
scholars and workers at the same time. The FC does not have the same power for
related problems through dialog, said a
wholeheartdly
endorsed
KCTU’s
Southern Hemisphere Conference in
administrationsdid.
collectivebargainingaslaborunionsdoandthatiswhyprofessorialunionsoughttobe
KCTUofficial.
campaigns, the ILO was very careful about
November with the aid of fellow workers
PresidentKimDae-jungisaNobelPeace
formed.
The Argus met Huh Young-koo, vice-
judgingthecurrentsituation.TheILOurged
worldwide.
PrizeLaureate.Buthislegislationsregarding
The National Association of Professors for Democratic Society (NAPDS) have
chairman of KCTU who is temporarily
that we reach a peaceful compromise with
KCTU will be concentrating on the latter
protestsandstrikesaretoorestrictive,notto
organizeda“TaskForceforProfessorsUnion(TPU)”lastFebruary.Andnotlongago,
filling in chairman Dan’s place. Huh was
thegovernment.
half of the year by addressing issues of the
mention inhumane, as it hinders the labor
the TPU made it clear that a professors union will be launched in November. Some
participating in a rally at Seoul Station on
We pointed out that the Korean media
five-dayworkweek,fightingfortherightsof
movementinKorea.
voices are heard that a professors union must not be just another profit-seeking
October 20 to demand the release of their
tend to report on the violent methods that
contract workers, and helping to establish
WeneedtotelltheworldthatKoreaisnot
organizationtosecuretheirownsocialstatus.Aprofessorialunionwouldbedesirable
leaderwhenhedecidedtohaveaninterview
KCTU is using during some rallies. The
unions for public service employees and
a safe country for workers. A global public
only if it acts according to original spirit of a labor union. The purpose of any labor
withTheArgus.
mediashoulddeliverthemessageastowhy
professors.
opinionwillbeformedandourstrugglewill
union is to prevent job discrimination, protect professors who speak up against their
The subject was what went between the
wecannothelpbutstruggleinsuchways.In
This struggle will be slightly different
becomeaglobalissue.
board of trustees. Its purpose is also to prevent the board of directors of a university
ILO and the KCTU and the emergency
this way international groups such as the
fromthefirsthalfinthatwewillbefighting
fromturningintodictatorialmachineandalsopreventtheabuseoftuitionfees.Only
representativemeetingheldbytheKCTUon
ILO can assess labor-management relations
theU.S.-ledwaronAfghanistanandcreating
whentherightsofworkersareprotectedcantheirrightsasteachersbealsoprotected.
October 16 which addressed KCTU’s
inKoreawithmoreclarification.
acoalitionofpeopleforglobalpeace.
ByLeeMin-a
demand for Dans’s release and government
EditorofNationalSection
suppressiononlabormovements.
R:Wouldyoubrieflyexplainwhatwent
R: What are KCTU’s ideas on
ByLeeMin-a
ProtestersopposeUS-ledwarandKimadministration
EditorofNationalSection
T
AcademyofWelfare
wo big rallies took place at the Seoul
attack on September 11 led innocent U.S.
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
StationSquareonOctober20.Thefirst
civilianstodeath,butthisistheresultofU.S.
onewasheldattwointheafternoon,ledby
unilateralism and obstinate dominant
the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
strategy over the world. Therefore the on-
(KCTU) calling for the release of its
going attack against Afghanistan under the
Seekingfortruewelfaresystem
chairman Dan Byung-ho who was arrested
name of “war against terrorism” doesn’t
againfewdaysbeforehisimprisonmentwas
have any justification,” said Father Moon
over. Distinguished leaders from Catholic,
Jeong-hyun,oneoffamouspeaceactivistsin
T
he Kim Dae-jung administration
editors of the 4th edition of “Social
Protestant, Buddhist circles participated in
Korea and co-heads of People’s Action for
enforced a fortified “National
Welfare and Labor”, a magazine
the rally with other leaders of progressive
RevisionofUnequalSOFA.
Minimum Standard of Living Protection
publishedbyAcademyofWelfare.
campsandtradeunions.
LeeSu-hyun,agraduatestudentofKorea
Law” to the nation to improve the poor
It was formed in December of 2000
“KimDae-jungadministrationhavetaken
University and a member of Altogether, a
qualityoflifeandprovideanewconcept
with 23 members representing various
218 unionists into jail this year, now the
student group of Democratic Labor Party
ofwelfaretoovercometheshortcomings
civic groups - Solidarity for People’s
governmentisouttohuntMr.Dantoperish
said, “The U.S. air strike to Afghanistan
oftheEuropeanwelfaresystem.
Welfare, Solidarity for People’s
labor-related movements,” said a KCTU
have to stop. Lots of innocent refugees are
Kim’s operation for welfare is called
Medication and People’s Solidarity for
official.
suffering from food crisis and clothes
the “productive welfare”, which means
Social Progress. They are doctors,
And at 3 p.m. Korea People’s Rally
shortage.”
only those who work, can enjoy benefits
professors,researcherswhostudywelfare
against the U.S.-led military retaliation war
After the rally people marched to
fromthegovernment.
systemandlaboractivists.
and neo-liberalization was held. An
Myungdong Cathedral. However, the
LeadersofprogressivegroupssuchasReverendHongGeun-sooandFatherMoon
However, problems have already
Academy of Welfare issues the mook,
estimationof2000peopleparticipatedinthe
protesterswereobstructedbytheriotpolice
Jung-hyunjoinKoreaPeople’sRallyattheSeoulStationonOctober20.
surged to surface, because only the
“Social Welfare and Labor” every 3
rallydemanding,“stopthewarofretaliation,
beforereachingthecathedral.
middle-class people can benefit from the
monthswiththeresultoftheirresearchon
realizationofpeace,andoppositiontooneo-
Also,arallyforasimilardemandwasheld
system while children, the disabled and
laborandwelfare.
liberalglobalization”.
jointly in 31 cities of Japan on October 21,
blameU.S.strikingbackatAfghanistan.
and were injured to the mistaken raids,
senior citizens can’t, since they are not
“We discuss social welfare-related
The rally was hosted by the Korea
the day of the international anti-war
It is nonsense that the U.S. attack
quotedtheJapaneseSolidarity.
capabletowork.
issues that benefit workers,” explained
Network Against MND & TMD, the
movement.
Afghanistan because the Taliban has
A group called Academy of Welfare is
Choi. “The DJ administration tried to
People’s Action for Revision of Unequal
TheJapaneseSolidarityforAnti-Warand
harbored Osama bin Laden and his terror
ByKwonHye-mi/TheArgus
concernedaboutthefuturewelfaresystem
guaranteethesocialsafetynetduringthe
SOFAandseveralcivicgroups.“Theterror
Terror sent a letter to Korean protesters to
network,alQaeda.Toomanyciviliansdied
inKoreafromthestandpointofworkers.
IMF crisis. At the time massive lay-offs
TheArgusmetChoiWon-tak,oneofthe
drovepeopleouttothestreetsandtherate
WorkersstagedYondaeHanmadang,
of unemployment soared. The
Nationwidediscussionheldfor
government’s“productivewelfare”policy
3-dayfestivalforsolidarity
isbasedonneo-liberalism,andasaresult,
“collegewithnohandicap”
every individual now carries a great
burdenofpayingagreatamountoftax.”
The government’s welfare policy have
F
A
relatively improved compared to that of
or3days,Choong-AngUniversitywas
ourselvesandmeeteachothertoconsoland
UniversitycampusinKoreaisnotthe
conditionoftheschoolbuildingthatlooked
the past, however, Academy of Welfare
full of workers that were watching
seek for a way to bring better life with our
mostconvenientplaceforthedisabled
“disabled”foritwasbuiltonlyforthosewho
pointoutthatcurrentwelfaresystemdoes
performances, participating in debates and
ownhands.”
tomovearoundin.Thisisnotthelatestnews
were healthy, making it impossible for the
notguaranteeworkers’rights.Atpresent,
variousgroupactivities.Theywerenotonly
OnOctober27,theseconddayofYondae
but a measure for such problem was finally
disabledstudentstomovearound.
it is studying to find a better theory on
enjoyingthelifeonschoolcampusbutthey
Hanmadang, there were assemblies divided
takenplaceonOctober26.
With the research that EAAPDK have
welfare.
were gathered for a planned festival for all
accordinglytoworkers’workplacesformore
Anationwidesocialgatheringwasheldat
been preparing for 5 months, about 40
workers of different sectors in Korea; there
professional debates and seminars. And at
theInternationalTeenagerCenterfor2days
students, normal and disabled, discussed
were workers that were disabled,
nightaculturalfestivalcalledGoingBeyond
nearPanghwaStation,easternSeoul.During
waystodrivethe“collegewithnohandicap”
Tel:02-774-8774
unemployedandthosewhoimmigratedinto
Unity for Solidarity helped all participants
the gathering, plan for “college with no
campaign.
Fax:02-774-8773
Korea and that were working in poorer
convergetogetherforafungathering.
handicap”wasdiscussed.
This research was mainly based on the
Homepage:welfare.jinbo.net
environment.
The entire event came to an end on
A “college with no handicap” is a
caseofParkJee-ju,adisabledfemalestudent
“Lifeishardonworkers.Itisespeciallyso
October 28 with a rally held in Yeoido on
blueprint that Easy Access Act for People
of Soongsil University who won the suit
after the neo-liberal reforms have taken
Keumsung Stage. After the rally, they
with Disabilities in Korea (EAAPDK), an
against school administration for inferior
place,”saidaworkerwhoorganizedthis3-
walked a peace march from Yeoido to
organization acting to improve buildings,
schoolenvironmentonthedisabled.
AcademyofWelfare
ByKwonHye-mi
“Social Welfare and Labor”, seeks
day event, Yondae Hanmadang which
YonseiUniversityinShinchon.
traffics,andcommunicationstobeaccessible
forfutureofKoreanwelfaresystem.
AssociateEditorofInternationalSection
means “festival for solidarity” in Korean.
to the disabled, have been planning since
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus
“We decided to have some time for
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus
May. The EAAPDK saw that it was the
NOVEMBER1,2001
NATIONAL
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
InterviewwithHuhYoung-koo,actingpresidentofKCTU
THEEYESOFTHEARGUS
Internationalsolidarityenables
Professorsarelaborers
workerstoattaintheirrights
A
ctivitiesrelatedtolaborunionhavehithertobeenatabooforuniversityprofessors.
Professorsacrossthecountry,estimatedataround550asofAprilthisyear,are
getting united to form a trade union of their own. But the hitch is, although very
determined,theireffortdoesnotrepresentalluniversityprofessors.Someofthemare
R
nervousaboutthiscampaignlesttheyshouldfacesomesortofdisciplinaryactionby
epresentatives from the International
implementing a five-day workweek
their board superiors. Thus the idea of organizing a union is facing opposition from
Labour Organization (ILO) visited
system and helping the contract workers
conservativeforces.Someopposetheformationofaunionbecausetheythinkthatitis
KoreaonOctober16totakeadeeplookat
wintheirrights?
notnecessaryasstudentsarekeepingasharpeyeonactivitiesoftheirboardoftrustees.
Korea’slabor-managementrelations.
H: A five-day workweek system is
Another concern is that for professors, a union membership may be seen as a
ThemeetingbetweentheILOandKorean
planned to be carried out by the year 2010.
unbecomingoftheirsocialstatus.
government was scheduled beforehand to
Thereshouldbenolay-offsandloweringof
Most people still wonder how a college professor can be called a laborer. Such a
diagnose a general look at the labor
wages while this system is in progress.
notion hinders the legalization of a professors union and therefore this issue at hand
environment and to urge Korea to move
Employers and the government should
needstobediscussedcarefully.Koreanconstitutionstatesthat“anemployedpersonisa
quickly to legalize multiple trade unions at
prepare a measure in case some
laborer”andthislegitimatizethecategorizationofprofessorsaslaborers;afterall,they
individualworkplaces.
shortcomings arise while enforcing this
areemployedbytheboardoftrusteesofprivateuniversitiesandbythegovernmentin
ButtheILOrepresentativesalsometwith
system.
caseofpublicuniversities.Whenapersonisconfirmedasaworkeritisnaturalthathe
nation’s two umbrella labor groups, the
Re the question on contract workers,
orshewantstofightforbetterworkingenvironmentandsuch“fight”shouldbethrough
FederationofKoreanTradeUnions(FKTU)
revisionoftheconcernedlawisessentialfor
a labor union, or that’s what the Korean law requires of those who are leading labor
and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
irregularly employed workers. We hear that
unionactivities.
(KCTU). Through their meeting the public
people now ignore the Kim Dae-jung
ItisoddthoughthattheKimDae-jungadministrationdoesnotlookuponprofessors
became aware of the Broad Coalition for
administration because it is enforcing
aslaborersandyettreatsthemassuchaccordingtopoliciesbasedonneo-liberalism.It
KCTU President Dan Byung-ho’s Release
policies based on neo-liberalism in every
is the government’s plan to apply the yearly salary contract system to university
whichhasrecentlyformedbyKCTU.
fieldofKoreansociety.
professorsorhavethemearnmoneyaccordingtotheirperformanceinsteadofseniority.
“Free Dan Committee” is a gathering of
KCTU cannot condone the hardship that
TheyearlycontractsystemismodeledaftertheAmericanmanagementapproach,but
some Catholic priests, protestant ministers,
theworkers,especiallythecontractworkers,
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
lacking the rationale which may be the only merit that neo-liberal policies carry. But
and Buddhist monks, professors, lawyers
arevictimizedbytheinhumanepolicies.We
many cases in which this system was applied shows that the annual salary contract
and other distinguished personalities on the
will have to keep talking to companies and
failed to bring about advancement of any kind for the concerned schools. Instead it
fieldofvarioussocialmovements.
Reporter: A high-ranking ILO official
on during the KCTU’s emergency
the government to figure out a way to
becameanotherwayofsubjectingprofessorstoamorerigidsetofrestrictions.Andit
Thecommitteeclaimsthatthegovernment
came to Korea to examine the labor-
representativemeeting?
overcomethepresentaffliction.
provedtobedetrimentaltotheresearch-orientedatmosphereforcollegeprofessorsby
hasbrokenitspromisetofreechairmanDan
management relations and called for
H: During the session, we talked mainly
demanding greater competition from them; it also hindered progressive-minded
afterhisimprisonmentof64days.
release of chairman Dan. What else was
aboutMr.Danbecausehewasarrestedagain
R:Isthereanymessageyouwouldlike
professorsfromcriticizingtheirschoolauthorityorthegovernment.
In August, Mr. Dan turned himself in,
discussed between KCTU and ILO
soon before he was to be released again.
to share with the workers worldwide as
Therearepoliciesthatembodyneo-liberalisminKoreaincludingtherestructuringof
from the sit-in protest which he led to halt
duringhisvisit?
Whatwecandofornowistowaituntilthe
representativeoftheKoreanlaborcircle?
employeeswhichhasinvitedrejectionbytheworkers.Nowtheprofessorsaretaking
government persecution of workers and the
Huh:WecansaythatILOislikeaglobal
trialonMr.Dan’sdetentionisover.Weneed
H: Growing suppression on laborers by
sideswiththesepeoplewhoarefightingtogetridoftheabsurdeducationalpoliciesof
trade union movement. His sentence was
Tripartite Commission intervening
totakesortsoflegitimateactions,andweare
the financial and political powers is
theKimadministration.Itwouldbeonlyfairtoguaranteeprofessorstherightsasany
coming to an end, however, when the
international affairs between labor and
quite confident about that because our
unbearable.
otherworkersincludingtheunionizingifsuchactionwillhelpthemsecuretheirrights
prosecutor extended his prison term for no
capital. And the ILO thought it was
demand for cessation of government
Astateissupposedtoprotecttherightsof
asworkers.AlthoughalluniversitiesalreadyhaveacommitteecalledFacultyCounsel
specialreasons,thusarousingsuspicionthat
regrettable that KCTU was not actively
suppressionofworkersisright.
people, but this government, which is
(FC) that represents professors, it does not empower them to create a democratic
the government wants to get rid of trade
joining the Tripartite Committee. So, while
We are also going to pressure the
supposedtobeahumanrightsgovernment,
administration in universities, or to enjoy academic freedom plus a secure status as
unionsforgoodinsteadofservingthelabor-
other international labor and trade unions
governmentbyconductingacampaignatthe
isarrestingmoreworkersthanthepreceding
scholars and workers at the same time. The FC does not have the same power for
related problems through dialog, said a
wholeheartdly
endorsed
KCTU’s
Southern Hemisphere Conference in
administrationsdid.
collectivebargainingaslaborunionsdoandthatiswhyprofessorialunionsoughttobe
KCTUofficial.
campaigns, the ILO was very careful about
November with the aid of fellow workers
PresidentKimDae-jungisaNobelPeace
formed.
The Argus met Huh Young-koo, vice-
judgingthecurrentsituation.TheILOurged
worldwide.
PrizeLaureate.Buthislegislationsregarding
The National Association of Professors for Democratic Society (NAPDS) have
chairman of KCTU who is temporarily
that we reach a peaceful compromise with
KCTU will be concentrating on the latter
protestsandstrikesaretoorestrictive,notto
organizeda“TaskForceforProfessorsUnion(TPU)”lastFebruary.Andnotlongago,
filling in chairman Dan’s place. Huh was
thegovernment.
half of the year by addressing issues of the
mention inhumane, as it hinders the labor
the TPU made it clear that a professors union will be launched in November. Some
participating in a rally at Seoul Station on
We pointed out that the Korean media
five-dayworkweek,fightingfortherightsof
movementinKorea.
voices are heard that a professors union must not be just another profit-seeking
October 20 to demand the release of their
tend to report on the violent methods that
contract workers, and helping to establish
WeneedtotelltheworldthatKoreaisnot
organizationtosecuretheirownsocialstatus.Aprofessorialunionwouldbedesirable
leaderwhenhedecidedtohaveaninterview
KCTU is using during some rallies. The
unions for public service employees and
a safe country for workers. A global public
only if it acts according to original spirit of a labor union. The purpose of any labor
withTheArgus.
mediashoulddeliverthemessageastowhy
professors.
opinionwillbeformedandourstrugglewill
union is to prevent job discrimination, protect professors who speak up against their
The subject was what went between the
wecannothelpbutstruggleinsuchways.In
This struggle will be slightly different
becomeaglobalissue.
board of trustees. Its purpose is also to prevent the board of directors of a university
ILO and the KCTU and the emergency
this way international groups such as the
fromthefirsthalfinthatwewillbefighting
fromturningintodictatorialmachineandalsopreventtheabuseoftuitionfees.Only
representativemeetingheldbytheKCTUon
ILO can assess labor-management relations
theU.S.-ledwaronAfghanistanandcreating
whentherightsofworkersareprotectedcantheirrightsasteachersbealsoprotected.
October 16 which addressed KCTU’s
inKoreawithmoreclarification.
acoalitionofpeopleforglobalpeace.
ByLeeMin-a
demand for Dans’s release and government
EditorofNationalSection
suppressiononlabormovements.
R:Wouldyoubrieflyexplainwhatwent
R: What are KCTU’s ideas on
ByLeeMin-a
ProtestersopposeUS-ledwarandKimadministration
EditorofNationalSection
T
AcademyofWelfare
wo big rallies took place at the Seoul
attack on September 11 led innocent U.S.
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
StationSquareonOctober20.Thefirst
civilianstodeath,butthisistheresultofU.S.
onewasheldattwointheafternoon,ledby
unilateralism and obstinate dominant
the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions
strategy over the world. Therefore the on-
(KCTU) calling for the release of its
going attack against Afghanistan under the
Seekingfortruewelfaresystem
chairman Dan Byung-ho who was arrested
name of “war against terrorism” doesn’t
againfewdaysbeforehisimprisonmentwas
have any justification,” said Father Moon
over. Distinguished leaders from Catholic,
Jeong-hyun,oneoffamouspeaceactivistsin
T
he Kim Dae-jung administration
editors of the 4th edition of “Social
Protestant, Buddhist circles participated in
Korea and co-heads of People’s Action for
enforced a fortified “National
Welfare and Labor”, a magazine
the rally with other leaders of progressive
RevisionofUnequalSOFA.
Minimum Standard of Living Protection
publishedbyAcademyofWelfare.
campsandtradeunions.
LeeSu-hyun,agraduatestudentofKorea
Law” to the nation to improve the poor
It was formed in December of 2000
“KimDae-jungadministrationhavetaken
University and a member of Altogether, a
qualityoflifeandprovideanewconcept
with 23 members representing various
218 unionists into jail this year, now the
student group of Democratic Labor Party
ofwelfaretoovercometheshortcomings
civic groups - Solidarity for People’s
governmentisouttohuntMr.Dantoperish
said, “The U.S. air strike to Afghanistan
oftheEuropeanwelfaresystem.
Welfare, Solidarity for People’s
labor-related movements,” said a KCTU
have to stop. Lots of innocent refugees are
Kim’s operation for welfare is called
Medication and People’s Solidarity for
official.
suffering from food crisis and clothes
the “productive welfare”, which means
Social Progress. They are doctors,
And at 3 p.m. Korea People’s Rally
shortage.”
only those who work, can enjoy benefits
professors,researcherswhostudywelfare
against the U.S.-led military retaliation war
After the rally people marched to
fromthegovernment.
systemandlaboractivists.
and neo-liberalization was held. An
Myungdong Cathedral. However, the
LeadersofprogressivegroupssuchasReverendHongGeun-sooandFatherMoon
However, problems have already
Academy of Welfare issues the mook,
estimationof2000peopleparticipatedinthe
protesterswereobstructedbytheriotpolice
Jung-hyunjoinKoreaPeople’sRallyattheSeoulStationonOctober20.
surged to surface, because only the
“Social Welfare and Labor” every 3
rallydemanding,“stopthewarofretaliation,
beforereachingthecathedral.
middle-class people can benefit from the
monthswiththeresultoftheirresearchon
realizationofpeace,andoppositiontooneo-
Also,arallyforasimilardemandwasheld
system while children, the disabled and
laborandwelfare.
liberalglobalization”.
jointly in 31 cities of Japan on October 21,
blameU.S.strikingbackatAfghanistan.
and were injured to the mistaken raids,
senior citizens can’t, since they are not
“We discuss social welfare-related
The rally was hosted by the Korea
the day of the international anti-war
It is nonsense that the U.S. attack
quotedtheJapaneseSolidarity.
capabletowork.
issues that benefit workers,” explained
Network Against MND & TMD, the
movement.
Afghanistan because the Taliban has
A group called Academy of Welfare is
Choi. “The DJ administration tried to
People’s Action for Revision of Unequal
TheJapaneseSolidarityforAnti-Warand
harbored Osama bin Laden and his terror
ByKwonHye-mi/TheArgus
concernedaboutthefuturewelfaresystem
guaranteethesocialsafetynetduringthe
SOFAandseveralcivicgroups.“Theterror
Terror sent a letter to Korean protesters to
network,alQaeda.Toomanyciviliansdied
inKoreafromthestandpointofworkers.
IMF crisis. At the time massive lay-offs
TheArgusmetChoiWon-tak,oneofthe
drovepeopleouttothestreetsandtherate
WorkersstagedYondaeHanmadang,
of unemployment soared. The
Nationwidediscussionheldfor
government’s“productivewelfare”policy
3-dayfestivalforsolidarity
isbasedonneo-liberalism,andasaresult,
“collegewithnohandicap”
every individual now carries a great
burdenofpayingagreatamountoftax.”
The government’s welfare policy have
F
A
relatively improved compared to that of
or3days,Choong-AngUniversitywas
ourselvesandmeeteachothertoconsoland
UniversitycampusinKoreaisnotthe
conditionoftheschoolbuildingthatlooked
the past, however, Academy of Welfare
full of workers that were watching
seek for a way to bring better life with our
mostconvenientplaceforthedisabled
“disabled”foritwasbuiltonlyforthosewho
pointoutthatcurrentwelfaresystemdoes
performances, participating in debates and
ownhands.”
tomovearoundin.Thisisnotthelatestnews
were healthy, making it impossible for the
notguaranteeworkers’rights.Atpresent,
variousgroupactivities.Theywerenotonly
OnOctober27,theseconddayofYondae
but a measure for such problem was finally
disabledstudentstomovearound.
it is studying to find a better theory on
enjoyingthelifeonschoolcampusbutthey
Hanmadang, there were assemblies divided
takenplaceonOctober26.
With the research that EAAPDK have
welfare.
were gathered for a planned festival for all
accordinglytoworkers’workplacesformore
Anationwidesocialgatheringwasheldat
been preparing for 5 months, about 40
workers of different sectors in Korea; there
professional debates and seminars. And at
theInternationalTeenagerCenterfor2days
students, normal and disabled, discussed
were workers that were disabled,
nightaculturalfestivalcalledGoingBeyond
nearPanghwaStation,easternSeoul.During
waystodrivethe“collegewithnohandicap”
Tel:02-774-8774
unemployedandthosewhoimmigratedinto
Unity for Solidarity helped all participants
the gathering, plan for “college with no
campaign.
Fax:02-774-8773
Korea and that were working in poorer
convergetogetherforafungathering.
handicap”wasdiscussed.
This research was mainly based on the
Homepage:welfare.jinbo.net
environment.
The entire event came to an end on
A “college with no handicap” is a
caseofParkJee-ju,adisabledfemalestudent
“Lifeishardonworkers.Itisespeciallyso
October 28 with a rally held in Yeoido on
blueprint that Easy Access Act for People
of Soongsil University who won the suit
after the neo-liberal reforms have taken
Keumsung Stage. After the rally, they
with Disabilities in Korea (EAAPDK), an
against school administration for inferior
place,”saidaworkerwhoorganizedthis3-
walked a peace march from Yeoido to
organization acting to improve buildings,
schoolenvironmentonthedisabled.
AcademyofWelfare
ByKwonHye-mi
“Social Welfare and Labor”, seeks
day event, Yondae Hanmadang which
YonseiUniversityinShinchon.
traffics,andcommunicationstobeaccessible
forfutureofKoreanwelfaresystem.
AssociateEditorofInternationalSection
means “festival for solidarity” in Korean.
to the disabled, have been planning since
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus
“We decided to have some time for
ByLeeMin-a/TheArgus
May. The EAAPDK saw that it was the
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