Tension between labor unionists and the chaebol lobbying group Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) grew acute on Monday over issues such as salary payments for fulltime union officials. About 100 members of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), one of the nation's two umbrella labor organizations,jordan, broke into the office of FKI's chairman at about 10:30 am on Monday and staged a sit-in for four hours and 20 minutes,moncler pas cher. In addition to the morning action,jordan pas cher, ten top FKTU officials, including union chairman Park In-sang,www.abercrombiefrancele.com, occupied the office of Lee Man-sup,abercrombie, acting president of the ruling National Congress for New Politics (NCNP) starting at 5 pm. The union officials began negotiating with Lee Man-sup and other NCNP leaders but after the negotiations failed to yield results, the union announced their rally and occupation of the office would continue.

During the protest, the unionists demanded abolishment of the current labor law which prohibits payment of wages to fulltime union officials. They also expressed their objection to an FKI announcement a day earlier that the pro-chaebol group will begin to take political action. The protest was triggered by remarks made by FKI vice-chairman Sohn Byong-doo on Sunday. In his statement, Sohn pledged that his organization was willing to provide funds to support pro-business National Assembly members while campaigning to prevent the reelection of politicians who have consistently backed the unions.

Sources close to various pro-business organizations said that FKI member firms have been finetuning a plan to begin political activities,doudoune moncler pas cher. The source added that the decision to do so was in response to a report that the unions had negotiated a secret agreement with politicians to overturn the law prohibiting the payment of wages to fulltime union officials. The concerned law was enacted in 1998 through a tripartite labor-management-government commission,air jordan.

This is the first incident in which FKI has had its headquarters seized by labor unionists since 1961. Before carrying out the action, union members gathered at FKTU's head office and gained access to the FKI office through the building's main gate and underground mall, where there were fears that a physical scuffle would erupt. In a statement issued on the same day, FKTU said that FKI's December 3 announcement,abercrombie, that the chaebol lobbying group will launch a political campaign fund to sway next year's general elections in favor of pro-business politicians,burberry, was an overt sign of collusion between political leaders and business owners. FKTU added that it will employ all possible means to counter the FKI initiative,air jordan.

Meanwhile,www.airjordanupasachere.com, about 1,abercrombie france,000 members of the more progressive Korean Federation of Trade Unions (KFTU) staged a rally in front of the National Assembly building. The group announced it will continue with a sit-in strike at the assembly building until the close of the National Assembly Plenary Session on December 18. As tension mounts, the Ministry of Labor has attempted to thwart a possible confrontation by drafting proposals aimed at appeasing the unions. However observers say that the gap between the FKI and the unions is so severe that a settlement is unlikely to be reached soon.

(Kim Dong-suk [email protected])

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