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▲ A letter in English from the Secretary General of the International Teachers Union to the President of the Republic of Korea. | |
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The Secretary-General of the International Federation of Teachers’ Unions (IE), together with 384 teacher unions (groups) from 178 countries around the world, sent an opinion letter to the Korean Supreme Court to “restore the legal status of the former teachers union. ” On the 20th, the Supreme Court is about to make public statements regarding the cancellation of the notification of the illegal union of all KTUs.
On the 13th, said Jeon Kyo-jo, EI Secretary-General David Edwards, representing the world’s 32 million teachers and faculty members, issued a judicial opinion to Chief Justice Kim Myung- soo, on the 8th. At EI, the Federation of Korean Teachers’ Organizations (Federation of Korean Teachers) unites with all teachers in Korea.
“The former KTU became an outlaw union on the grounds that, in 2013, the Park Geun-hye government granted union membership to retirees and layoffs,” said Edwards. “International Labor Organization (ILO)” These legislative provisions clearly established the fact that they clearly violated international labor standards set out in the ILO Convention. “He underlined:” The right to make trade unionists become retired or retired for the purpose of defending their specific interests it is a matter of autonomous judgment within the union. “
“In the March 2012 ILO report, the ILO Freedom Committee urged the Korean government to review provisions of the law that prevented dismissal or joining the unemployed as union members,” said Edwards. The ILO has repeatedly urged the South Korean government to restore the legal status of all KTUs without delay, and has criticized the Korean government for adopting UN law. ”
In addition, President Edwards urged the following three “with the ILO recommendation, EI is requesting the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea to restore the legal status of the former teaching profession.”
1. Make sure that Korean teachers also enjoy the rights of internationally accepted unions by taking action by illegal union unions.
2. Review the relevant provisions of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act and the Teachers Union Act, which have been continuously criticized by the ILO.
3. Freedom of association Please ratify the ILO Convention and promote full compliance with international labor standards by promoting the right to freedom of association for Korean teachers.
On the other hand, Jeon Kyo-jo announced that on the afternoon of the 14th, in front of the National Intelligence Service in Seoul, he decided to hold a press conference on the Operation of Illicit Trade Unions of the National Intelligence Service and the condemnation of national violence. . previously <한겨레>He reported in an article on the 13th that “the National Intelligence Service provided conservative organizations a total of 176.40 million won for the destruction of the entire school group.”