The World : S. Koreans Urged to Strike
South Korea’s main opposition alliance called for workers to hold a general strike the day Lee Suk Kyu, the shipyard striker killed last weekend, is buried. No date has been set for the burial. Lee’s death, the first in the current outbreak of labor disputes, is being used by co-workers to pressure management to settle an 18-day-old strike. The National Coalition for a Democratic Constitution said Lee’s death shows “how false and deceitful” was President Chun Doo Hwan’s promise of reform. The alliance was the main group behind demonstrations last June that led Chun to agree to reforms.
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