[labor news] Construction workers are still oppressed under the new government, union says

2017-06-15 번역 김성진

▲ The Korean Construction Workers' Union(KCWU) holds a protest rally on June 14 in front of the National Police Agency to demand the release of arrested unionists and stop the oppression upon the union.(Courtesy of KCWU)

A construction equipment union local leader who lodged the complaints with the authorities on the irregularities happened at construction sites and asked the companies to hire the unionized workers was arrested on June 5 for the allegations of threats, coercion and blackmailing.

reported by Bae Hye-heong
translated by Kim Sung-jin