Attending the actions were personages from different social standings including civic, public, religious circles and lawmakers from opposition parties.

They waged a demo from the Chonggye River where Jon Thae Il burnt himself to death crying "We are not machines!" to Seoul Railway Station.

They held up placards reading "Remove lay-off, stop breaking down trade unions, ensure workers' suffrage" and expressed their will to struggle against the unpopular policy, chanting slogans "Here is living Jon Thae Il!" and "Abolish part-time job!"

The participants held a meeting at the plaza of Seoul Railway Station.

Speakers at the meeting said that nothing has changed though many years have passed since Jon burnt himself to death in protest against the unpopular labor policy.

They referred to the fact that workers in different parts of south Korea wage unflinching actions for right to existence calling for reinstatement of the discharged workers and abolishment of part-time jobs. All the actions cannot achieve successes unless Lee Myung Bak and the "Saenuri Party" are ousted, they said, adding:

It is the time for all the people to pool their strength to drastically reform society.

A resolution was read out at the meeting.

It said that workers will build a world in which basic rights of labor are ensured and workers have become masters.

It urged the "government" authorities to stop destroying trade unions, abolish part-time jobs and lay-off and ensure political rights for the workers.