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Issue No. 329 | 20 October 2006 |
Sucking the Oranges
Interview: Cowboys and Indians Industrial: Seven Deadly Sins Unions: The IT Factor Politics: Bargain Basement Environment: An Inconvenient Hoax Corporate: Two Sides International: Unfair Dismissals History: A Stitch in Time Review: The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Collective Contracts Still Rule Boeing Bombs Individual Contracts Qantas IT calls Bangalore home
Parliament The Soapbox Culture
Labor Council of NSW |
News Ban Ki-Moon, Koreans Warn
Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-Moon took up his post last week, but the Korean Government Employees' Union has raised doubts about his human rights credentials. "The Korean Government's attitude and policies that it has shown since Korea joined the UN and its agencies, especially the ILO, cause deep concern," the KGEU says. Korea has never fulfilled its obligations as a member country of the UN and the ILO, a UN specialised agency, and has implemented the recommendations from neither the ILO nor UN human rights related bodies. Instead, the Government legislated a special act that severely limits government employees' basic labour rights and trade union activities, even without any consultation with government employees unions concerned. "The Korean Government should pay attention to voices from the international community, which has repeatedly raised concerns and protests about labour repression in Korea," THE UNION SYS. "It should realise that the continuing disregard for international human rights standards makes a laughingstock out of the Korean Government when it boasts of its promise for "contribution to the international community in resolving conflicts, assisting developing countries, and strengthening human rights and democracy around the world."
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