▲ Six workers who had been exploited and outcast by unscrupulous employers stage a high altitude sit-in protest after years of their struggle against the layoff and union busting on the top of an advertising tower in Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul.(Korea Daily Labor News/Jeong Ki-hoon)

 

The lowered banner reads, "Abolish the bad legal provisions that allow lay-off and irregular employment. Amend the labor-related laws comprehensively. Guarantee three basic labor rights."

According to the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions(KCTU), six workers began the high altitude sit-in protest from April 14 with only drinking water and salt, dangerously staying on the top of the advertising steel beam tower. They are laid-off unionists in common, but they had been employed directly or indirectly by six different companies of Tongyang Cement, Sejong Hotel, Asahi Glass, Cortek, Hitec RCD and Hyundai Motor. With the deep frustration owing to the social and political indifference concerning their issues, they finally turn to the high altitude sit-in protest together to reinforce their common struggle against the unscrupulous employers whom they have faced for several years.

reported by Je Jeong-nam
translated by Kim Sung-jin

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