Civil Servants Begin Strike in Seoul

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Civil Servants Begin Strike in Seoul

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Tens of thousand of members of the National Civil Servants Union (NCSU) began an effective two-day strike Monday by taking annual vacation for two days, while demanding the government approve of their rights to be called a union and to undertake strike action.

The NCSU said some 30,000 civil servants from 16 cities and provinces, including some 13,000 in Gyeongnam Province, 35,000 in Gangwon, 3,500 in Busan, and 3,000 in Ulsan, either took the vacation or a sick day. The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs estimated some 13,000 civil servants submitted applications for vacation.

Some 10,000 public officials held a sit-in strike at Youido, Seoul in the afternoon, and are expected to host a National Civil Servants Union Worker's Rally jointly with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions on Wednesday at 2:00pm.

The government announced it regarded the rally as illegal collective action that the current Civil Servants' Law bans, and will arrest any participant. Police tightened monitoring of train stations, express bus terminals, and airports in major cities to halt provincial civil servants from coming to Seoul.

Source: Agencies

The government said it will take disciplinary measures against civil servants who don't appear for work.

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