calendar>>September 16. 2015 Juche 104

S. Korean Workers Demand Stop to Retrogressive Revision of Labor Market Structure

Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- South Korean workers in the public field of south Korea including those of the public transport trade union, public health and medical service trade union and financial trade union held a rally in Seoul on Sept. 12 in protest against the authorities' moves for the retrogressive revision of the labor market structure.

They accused the present regime of unilaterally pressing for the retrogressive revision aimed at easy lay-off, cut-down of wages and expansion of part-time jobs.

They urged the need to reform big businesses before the reform of the labor market structure, saying the diversion of even some of fund possessed by the big businesses at present will create lots of jobs.

If the big businesses and the "government" continue to move to retrogressively reform the labor market, workers will launch a general strike against them, they warned.