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PAST NEWS
URGENT call to unions in OECD member countries: Tell your government to support continued monitoring of labour conditions in South Korea
The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union and its umbrella union (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions) need your support to ensure genuine trade union rights in South Korea.
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KTU statement on the recent disciplinary actions taken by the Ministry of Education
Read Education International's protest to President Roh
Middle school teachers held under national security law
Two teachers have been detained by police after prosecutors charged them with violating the National Security Law.
The maximum penalty under the law is death.
Choi Hwa-seop, who teaches at Oryun Middle School, and Kim Maeng-gyu, who teaches at Cheongdam Middle School, have been held in isolation under the Seoul National Police Agency in Jangandong since January 18th.
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KTU protests attack on teachers in Ethiopia
President Jung Jin-hwa delivered a letter of protest to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and to Ambassador Abdirashid Dulane.
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Jung Jin Hwa and Jung Jin Hu elected 13th president and vice-president
In the presidential election completed December 14th, members chose Jung Jin Hwa and her running mate Jung Jin Hu. They received 56% of the vote.
The team ran under the slogan "Building the union closer to people."
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Teachers and parents call for end to illegal donations and gifts
KTU and the National Parents Organization for Cham Education
have worked to get rid of the practice of illegal
donations and gifts for years. But still these
practices, like forced fundraising, illegal donations,
and gifts, are flourishing. To root out these practices,
these two organizations have decided to work
together.
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KTU calls for an end to trade negotiations with the U.S.
Korean society is being drawn into a trade agreement whirlpool. Farmers, though they have to
prepare for the spring, are farming on asphalt pavement again. Movie makers and artists are
demonstrating on the street with candlelight.
Negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and the United States were declared February 3, 2006.
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KTU Welcomes National Human Rights Commission Ruling on Temporary Teachers
Nearly 40 percent of all education workers in urban middle and high
schools are irregular workers
The KTU welcomes and supports the decision recently made by the
National Human Rights Commission. The Commission ruled that salary limitations
for 'temporary' teaching positions is an infringement of teachers' rights.
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Hannara Party Encourages Students to Report Progressive Teachers
There is a strange bulletin board at the Korean Hannara Dang website. The title of the board: "This is the bulletin board for informing on members' education influenced by ideological tendencies to students in the classroom." The opposition party published the board January, 2006.
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KTU Calls on Government to Maintain Screen Quota
Screen Quota Should Be Kept
Korean movie stars are staging street protests to protect nation's film industry. Rallies are scheduled for February 8th and 17th. What sends them out to the street?
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KTU to Government: End Attacks on Public Service Workers Union
The government is attempting to deny 700,000 workers their three fundamental labour rights.
With a move reminiscent of past dictatorships, the government of Roh Moo-hyun has disallowed members of the Public Service Workers Union (PSWU) from voting for new officials.
The KTU acted as an illegal union for ten years after it was founded in 1989 ...
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KTU asks government to withdraw plans for earlier English instruction
According to "The Basic Plan for Developing Human Resources" English is to be mandatory in every school year, including the first year of elementary school. English is currently taught from the third year of primary school. Although the plan provides for a three-year test period before it is extended to all schools, it contains a potential danger.
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Teachers Organizations Meet in North Korea
A joint North and South educators conference was held in Gaesung, North Korea, on December 19th. The KTU (Korean Teachers Union) and the KFTA (Korean Federation of Teachers Associations) of South Korea participated with the Chosun Education Culture Professional Association. The three organizations agreed ...
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