Korean Railway Workers Union 2013 Struggle Against Privatization
In 2013, a massive labor struggle took place in Korea against the actions of the Park Geun-hye rightwing government to privatize KORAIL, the national railway system in Korea.
A solidarity rally was held at the San Francisco Korean consulate on January 17, 2014 to show support the Korean Railway
A solidarity rally was held at the San Francisco Korean consulate
on January 17, 2014 to show support the Korean Railway
Workers Union KRWU and the call by the Korean Confederation of
Trade Union KCTU for a general strike against union busting and
plans to privatize the KORAIL public rail system. The Korean
government organized a counter-protest with retired Korean
military staff and elderly Korean women Despite their effort to
physically assault the solidarity rally they failed. The rally was
supported by the Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
TWSC, rank and file from AFT 2121 of San Francisco City College,
ATU 1555 BART workers and APWU postal workers.
The peaceful labor solidarity demonstration was violently attacked
by Korean government officials who had brought banners made
by the government and organized to stop the rally by pushing
and shoving trade unionists and Korean Railway Workers Union
supporters from in front of the consulate. This criminal action
by the Korean government. They also physically assaulted a
Korean American support of the rally and physically tried to
tear down a banner of the Korean Transportation Workers.
This is clear evidence that the Korean Park Geun-hye administration
is involved in criminal activity to violate the democratic
rights of US workers and people in support of Korean
workers and against the privatization of the Korean
Railways.
For more information
Transport Workers Solidarity Committee www.transportworkers.org
Production of Labor Video Project www.laborvideo.org