"Against Bullying and Tyranny by Giant Union"…Wonju City Hall Union Sues Senior Union Officials

Accused of "Obstruction of Business by Force" Reported to Wonju Police Station
City Hall Union, "Plans to Urge Legislation of Anti-Union Harassment Law"

Moon Seong-ho, Secretary General of the Wonju City Hall Public Officials Labor Union, filed a complaint with the Wonju Police Station on the 28th against six individuals, including the former head of the Jeongongno Gangwon Regional Headquarters and the new emergency committee chairman of the Wonju City branch, on charges of "obstruction of business by intimidation." [Wonju City Hall Public Officials Labor Union]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] The Wonju City Hall Public Officials' Labor Union, which received a first-instance court ruling that the withdrawal procedures from the National Public Officials Labor Union (Jeongongno) and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (Minjunochong) were lawful, has filed complaints against senior union officials for obstructing union withdrawal.

The Wonju City Hall union announced on the 28th that it filed a complaint with the Wonju Police Station against six individuals, including the former Gangwon Regional Head of Jeongongno and the new emergency committee chairperson of the Wonju branch, on charges of "obstruction of business by intimidation."

Through the complaint, the city hall union claimed, "Jeongongno unilaterally approved a new emergency committee without representative authority, which disrupted the staff communication committee activities promoted by the existing emergency committee in the third quarter of last year and obstructed a member survey on the future direction of the labor union's operations."

They added, "Since withdrawing from Jeongongno on August 24 last year, we have been persistently harassed through two retaliatory criminal complaints (obstruction of business and embezzlement), injunctions to nullify general meetings in the first and second trials, and main lawsuits over one year and four months," and "this also violated Jeongongno's regulations that specify the rights to protection as union members."

Regarding the background of this complaint, they explained, "It originated from Jeongongno ignoring the demands for recurrence prevention measures requested to resolve the resentment of union members triggered by the intrusion, property damage, and physical clashes caused by the Construction Union under Minjunochong at the city hall on March 13 and 15 last year."

The city hall union stated, "To counter the typical harassment and tyranny of a large union, we plan to meet with members of the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee in January next year to urge legislation for a law to prevent harassment by large vested-interest unions."

Earlier, after losing in the first and second trials of the injunction to suspend the effect of the general meeting resolution and the first trial of the main lawsuit to confirm the invalidity of the general meeting resolution filed against the city hall union, Jeongongno appealed on the 26th and is preparing for the second trial of the main lawsuit.

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