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Labor Organizations Stage General Strike in S. Korea

Pyongyang, July 1 (KCNA) -- More than 60,000 part-time workers of industrial trade unions under the south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions launched a massive general strike on June 30 in demand of the abolition of part-time jobs, hike of minimum salaries and the achievement of the right to trade union movement, according to south Korean media.

Speakers said at the general strike held at the Kwanghwamun Plaza that it is a decisive time to abolish deep-rooted evils and reform society.

Representatives of the trade union urged the south Korean authorities to ensure the right to have a meal with the minimum salaries, the right to work without anxiety about discrimination and employment and the right to freely make trade union activities.