KCTU to Hold Large-Scale Rally Targeting 10,000 Participants on the 3rd of Next Month: "Attend After COVID-19 Testing"

Yang Kyung-soo, Chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, and other officials are holding a press conference to declare the struggle for the "We Cannot Die Like This. Let's Go! General Strike!" 7.3 National Workers' Rally at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 8th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) has decided to hold a large-scale rally with 10,000 participants on the 3rd of next month. The KCTU is demanding the government implement measures to prevent industrial accident fatalities.

On the 8th, the KCTU held a press conference at its headquarters in Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, stating, "Through the nationwide workers' rally on July 3rd, we will expose and express the desperate situation and sentiments of workers," and urged, "The government must actively establish measures to ensure the successful holding and safety of the nationwide workers' rally."

The KCTU is demanding the government improve the continuous industrial accident fatalities, restructuring and layoffs intensified by the COVID-19 crisis, discrimination against non-regular workers, and the minimum wage that falls short of workers' household living expenses.

The KCTU aims for the participation of more than 10,000 union members nationwide. However, concerns about the spread of COVID-19 are inevitable this time as well. The KCTU plans to have participating union members undergo COVID-19 testing proactively along with vaccination before the rally.

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