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** Topic: Seoul Transit Workers May Strike **
** Written  8:56 PM  May 29, 1996 by labornews in cdp:labr.global **
From: Institute for Global Communications <labornews-AT-igc.apc.org>

 0529'96: Subway Workers Decide to Enter Labor Dispute

 Unionized workers of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corp. yesterday
 decided to enter a labor dipute at a meeting of some 160 trade union
 representatives, amid concerns raised over a possible halt of subway
 operations.

 The trade union did not suggest when to go on strike but implied that
 the strike will happen in the very near future. ``The union decided to
 enter a labor dipute because the past eight rounds of negotiation with
 management have failed to settle such pending issue as the
 reinstatment of fired workers,'' a trade union official said.

 The Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corp. has fired 35 unionized workers in
 the wake of past labor disputes, and the union's demand for their
 reinstatement is among the hottest issues in the dispute. ``In
 alliance with the subway corporation in Pusan and Korea Telecom which
 had the similar problems, we will reveal a more concrete plan on how
 to fight in the future,'' the trade union official said.

 Earlier Monday, trade unions of large businesses in public sectors
 jointly vowed to go on massive strike in alliance, if their demands
 weren't accepted by management. Trade union representatives from
 public-sector businesses such as Korea Telecom Co., subway
 corportations in Seoul and Pusan, and the nation's six large
 university hospitals, plan to hold a joint rally in Poramae Park in
 Seoul next Sunday.

 Korea Telecom Co. also had 31 unionized workers dismissed from their
 posts in the past labor disputes. Labor experts forecast large-scale
 labor strikes in the nation's public servics such as subway
 transportations, communications, and also major hospitals around next
 month.

 ``Since the government has strictly banned those public-sector
 businesses from being involved in labor disputes in fear of public
 disorder, the chances for solving the problem within the law are very
 slim,'' a labor expert said.

 He said that the trade unions of businesses in public sectors are
 likely to depend on strikes, rather than anything else, to settle the
 issue.

/koreaherald/

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