2023-10-27 05:12:04
On the morning of the 27th, a press conference for candidates for the 11th (4th direct election) executive election of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions was held at the office of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) in Jung-gu, Seoul, and Chairman candidate No. 1 Yang Kyung-soo is speaking. On the right is candidate number 2, Chairman Park Hee-eun. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions will begin voting for the 11th (4th directly elected) executive election for 7 days from November 21st to 27th. Reporter Shin So-young [email protected]
Candidate registration for the next chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions closed on the 26th, and two chairman candidates have completed registration. Candidates Yang Kyung-soo and Park Hee-eun, who held a press conference on the first day of the election campaign on the 27th, emphasized “stronger” and “we must change,” respectively. Chairman No. 1 candidate Yang Kyung-soo is the current chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and is running for the first consecutive term as chairman in the history of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. Since the founding of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in 1995, no chairperson has been reappointed for 28 years. Chairman Yang teamed up with Lee Tae-hwan, former head of the Airport and Port Transportation Headquarters of the Public Transport Workers’ Union, as a candidate for senior vice chairman, and Go Mi-kyung, former planning director of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, as a candidate for secretary general. Candidate Park Hee-eun, number 2, who has served as vice-chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions for the past three years, is running to become the first female chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. The candidate for senior vice chairman is Kim Geum-cheol, secretary general of the Construction Industry Federation, and the candidate for secretary general is Lee Young-joo, former secretary general of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. Candidate Yang Kyung-soo expressed his candidacy at a press conference that day, saying, “With 30 years ahead, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions must change to become stronger and larger.” Candidate Yang said, “The oppression of the Yoon Seok-yeol regime was unprecedented. “The regime has denounced the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions as an immoral group, a violent group, and even a spy,” he said, adding, “The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions will step forward and create a way for progressive politics to unite, so that it can establish itself as a true alternative force for citizens.” said. Candidate Park Hee-eun said, “The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions should have gathered this anger (against the Yoon administration’s labor oppression) and created a fierce struggle, but sadly, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions was helpless. Struggles for show, rallies for the sake of rallies, and even hegemony in which the political policy and general election policy of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions are decided for the interests of a specific political faction. “At a time when unity and struggle were not enough, division and hostility only increased,” he criticized. “This tragedy was what led me to run,” she said. In response to a question regarding the evaluation of former executive Yang Kyung-soo (who must resign from his current position when running for election), Candidate Yang said, “Last May, with the sacrifice of the Yang Hoedong martyr as an opportunity, I heard the slogan of the struggle for the resignation of the Yoon administration, and I took the lead in resigning before any other force. “We have created a struggle,” he said. “However, there is still a regret that the resignation of the Yoon administration is not visible or that more people are not joining the resignation movement headquarters. “I think the task for the future is how to unite the divided forces,” he said. Candidate Park said, “I think we have not been able to create a martyr struggle in line with the declaration of a struggle for Yoon Seok-yeol’s resignation,” and “We are talking about Yoon Seok-yeol’s resignation, but we have said that we need to constantly discuss what kind of world we will actually create after his resignation, but ( “I think it is also a challenge that Yang Kyung-soo’s executive branch is unable to present an outlook,” he said. Voting for the chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, in which 1.01 million out of 1.2 million union members participate as voters, will be held for a week from the 21st to the 27th of next month. The term of office for the new leadership will be three years from January next year. Reporter Jang Hyeon-eun [email protected]
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