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Kim Jin-sook, a leading member of the Busan headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, is being interviewed by the Hankyoreh at the Busan regional headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Busan on the 12th. Senior Reporter Chang-gwang Kang chang@hani.co.kr

It was through the power of solidarity that I got off the crane in 2011, and the Yellow Envelope Act was also created by citizens. But I think politicians and businesspeople have become more mean and vicious as we have developed.

Kim Joo-ik, former head of the Hanjin Heavy Industries (currently HJ Heavy Industries) branch of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union, committed suicide on Crane No. 85 at the shipyard in Yeongdo-gu, Busan, complaining of the pain of the company’s union suppression and provisional seizure following an outrageous claim for damages. It was the 17th of the month. And eight years later, Kim Jin-sook, a leadership member of the Busan regional headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, climbed again on the 85th crane that Kim Joo-ik had climbed. Numerous citizens came to Crane to cheer on Leader Kim on the ‘Hope Bus’, which raised awareness of the issue of forfeiture of boats that oppressed labor union activities for the 309 days he endured. Nevertheless, 20 years after Kim Joo-ik’s death, the Yellow Envelope Act (Amendment to Articles 2 and 3 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act), which aims to prevent companies from indiscriminately filing damages lawsuits for industrial action, has not yet passed the National Assembly. On the 12th, I met leader Kim at the Busan headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and heard a story about Kim Joo-ik and the Yellow Envelope Act. Leader Kim is nicknamed ‘Kim Ji-do’ among the members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. Kim Ji-do first met Kim Ju-ik in 1987. He was tall enough to recognize Kim Joo-ik even from a distance. When Kim Ju-ik was on a high-altitude protest for 129 days, Kim Ji-do, who was blocked from entering the factory, would go to the yard of a small temple on a mountain road near the factory and look at Crane No. 85. “Because the temple is located high up, the location was like a crane. You can see Joo-ik walking back and forth on the crane in his work clothes from afar. Because he is such a big person. Then it seemed like he was saying something to me. What Jooik wants to say, what I want to hear… .” Eight years later, when Kim Ji-do climbed onto the 85th crane and entered the cockpit, he was reminded of that tall stature again. “How did that big man live here? He said the first thought that came to his mind was “129 days?” It was so narrow that even when Kim Ji-do lay down, his head and toes touched the cold iron wall of the crane. My heart ached as I remembered Kim Joo-ik, who had been squatting in that cockpit for 129 days. “At that time, I felt devastated and very sorry. Mr. Joo-ik called me the day before he died. But I didn’t answer the call. The situation was obvious, but I didn’t know what to say. “It took a really long time for that bell to ring.” The provisional seizure of the boat harassed Kim Joo-ik in a vicious way. The last salary Kim Joo-ik received, whose house was also provisionally seized at the time, was a total of 1.65 million won. After deducting taxes and provisional seizures of 730,000 won, his actual income was 135,080 won, excluding deductions. The money wouldn’t even have been enough to buy Heely’s sneakers, which he promised his children would get when they got off the crane. At that time, Hanjin Heavy Industries sent a communication to 180 union members regarding the union’s strike, pressuring them to file a claim for damages worth 15 billion won. Kim Ji-do said that the provisional seizure of labor unions is a vicious system that destroys not only the parties involved but also their entire families. Kim Ji-do said, “Before, if you went on strike, you would be arrested and fired, but not anymore. “Because there is a more murderous weapon called lien seizure,” he said. “The whole family is ruined, the children’s school fees and milk costs have to be cut off, and the children have to buy used clothes. But even if you do that for the rest of your life, you won’t be able to repay it.” Less than two weeks after Kim Joo-ik’s death, Kwak Jae-gyu, who was mourning his death, also jumped from the dock next to the crane. Nine years later, Choi Kang-seo, deputy director of the Hanjin Heavy Industries branch, committed suicide, unable to overcome the weight of the 15.8 billion won loss. The weapon called Sonbaega Seizure that led to their deaths is still alive. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (now Hanwha Ocean) subcontractors who went on strike last year shouting, ‘We can’t live like this, can we?’ were hit with a lawsuit for 47 billion won in damages.

Kim Joo-ik, former head of the Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction labor union, committed suicide on October 17, 2003, 129 days after entering a high-altitude sit-in protest, claiming 1.8 billion won in damages, withdrawal of provisional seizure, and reinstatement of fired workers. The photo shows a protest procession in Busan in memory of former Chairman Kim. Hankyoreh data.

“Even when Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering subcontractors who worked at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering talk about it, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering just turns their backs and says it’s not their business. I think this system that legally recognizes the avoidance of responsibility is really wrong. So, they use seizure as a weapon… . If this is the case, workers will live in poverty their whole lives, and there is really no way to escape that poverty. Because it made it impossible to escape the tedious cycle of subcontracting. “We need to get rid of this ridiculous structure and hold the main office accountable. This is common sense.” The Yellow Envelope Act, which restricts indiscriminate provisional seizures and expands the bargaining rights of subcontracted workers, has been referred to the plenary session of the National Assembly, but it is still unclear whether it will pass as the ruling and opposition parties postpone its submission. Kim Ji-do said, “The Yellow Bag Act was already created through the consent of citizens from its inception. “I think we just need to discuss how to refine this and establish it, but we are working on a social agreement or an agreement between the ruling and opposition parties,” he said. “The fact that no small bill related to worker issues is allowed shows that everything revolves around companies anyway. “It’s about who this society revolves around,” he said. “It is no exaggeration to say that the deaths of those colleagues defined my independence. Actually, there are times when I want to run away. But it seems like those people were just protecting it every time. Because of the guilt at that time, the promises, etc… .” Kim Ji-do’s 37 years of life as a laid-off worker have been filled with guilt over the deaths of his colleagues and a promise to create the world they wanted to live in. So Kim Ji-do said he hoped no more workers would die. However, even after the Yoon Seok-yeol administration took office, construction worker Yang Hoe-dong and taxi worker Bang Bang-hwan set themselves on fire. The government’s refusal to budge in the face of these heavy deaths once again felt cruel. “This is the same country as the will of Jeon Tae-il, who died in 1970, and the will of Kim Joo-ik, who skipped a century ago in 2003. The will of Bae Dal-ho of Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction and the will of Joo-ik Kim of Hanjin Heavy Industries, which skipped the region, are from the same country. “This is a country where Cho Soo-won, who was protesting at the Democratic Party headquarters, and Kim Joo-ik, who was protesting on top of a crane, ended their lives in the same way.” This sentence that Kim Ji-do recited in Kim Joo-ik’s memorial address 20 years ago touched the hearts of many people. Now, 20 years later, Kim Ji-do evaluated it as a “society that has become more vicious.” Kim Ji-do said, “I think workers and civil society have really developed a lot. “It was through the power of solidarity that I got off the crane in 2011, and the yellow envelope law was also created by citizens,” he said. “But I think politicians and businessmen have become more mean and vicious as we have developed.” “Still, I don’t think this type of control will last long. I hope the workers hold on. I hope I don’t die anymore. Accidental or intentional… “I hope there will be no deaths other than natural causes.” Kim Ji-do, who underwent cancer surgery in 2018 and continued treatment, underwent reoperation in 2020 when the cancer recurred while he was fighting to return to work. He is now focusing on treating the aftereffects of surgery. He, who goes to more than four medical departments, laughed and said, “I’m trying to be good to my body, but I don’t know how because I’ve never tried it before.” “The site (which I looked around after reinstatement) was still just rusty, and there was such a sense of loneliness with no people around. I imagine that kind of thing once in a while. We eat together at that site, work together, and just smile when we pass by together, and I think it would be great if we could do that. But those people aren’t there, and I’m old… That’s right.” Reporter Jang Hyeon-eun mix@hani.co.kr
2023-10-17 00:00:23
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We deliver the full letter written by her mother, Ms. Jeon, to Ms. Park Seon-bin, who lost her life in a serious disaster at SPL. The letter was sent on October 15, the anniversary of Sunbin’s death, through the ‘Letter to Heaven mailbox’ at a memorial park in Cheonan where Sunbin’s remains are located. My daughter Sunbin, my beloved better half! It will be a year in just a few days since her daughter left us. A day that cannot and should not be forgotten for the rest of our lives. October 15, 2022, 6:20 am. Before that, our circumstances were a bit difficult and we had some minor family circumstances that others didn’t know about, and we spent our daily lives comforting ourselves with the thought that it was normal for everyone to live like that. But one day, out of the blue, something happened… … Even now, the memories of that day are so vivid… … She receives a phone call saying something incredulous, but “Hye-yeon is your mother, right?” I can’t believe the absurd statement, “I think you need to come to the office quickly due to a personnel incident.” But you received a phone call early in the morning, hurriedly woke up your younger brother, took a taxi, and went to the SPL where you used to go. Not knowing what happened, you felt anxious, nervous, sad, etc. All the ominous emotions came rushing in at once, so I couldn’t even tell the driver my destination properly. The place where I took you to work a few times. When we arrived at the company, the police officers and employees were hurriedly trying to take my mother and younger brother to the scene. One police officer said, “The accident scene is too cruel to go in,” so my mother could only sit down in the security room and cry. Like a fool… Even if I insisted, I should have gone to the site in person… That way, Sunbin can understand how difficult conditions you had to work under, why she had to go through a personnel accident, and she should have said her final goodbyes. Even now, it only makes me think that my mother was so foolish and irresponsible for accepting that situation as it was. No one could have imagined that an accident like this would happen. We thought it was just someone else’s story that we only saw in the media, but it became reality to us. Sunbin, your accident was predicted. It was only after the accident that I found out that it was a company with a lot of problems, and this foolish mother made a huge and ridiculous mistake by believing that she was a large company and even congratulating her on your joining the company. But why did you have to become the victim? Her pain and sadness are making it harder for her mother because she can’t find the answer. If the reward for working so hard is death, who would want to work and risk death? So, I think this may be the reason young people these days don’t do hard work. Not long ago, the same accident happened again at the same affiliate. After 10 months. At the time of your accident, the SPC chairman decided to invest 100 billion won in safety management under the pretext of a public apology, but accidents are repeated again… When I was interviewed by a reporter from the Hankyoreh on the last day my mother let you go, she said, “I hope this is the last time for my daughter,” but I don’t know how she can only do that. The world has become one where it is difficult to even trust oneself, who to trust and what judgment to make. I wonder if it can be solved. ‘Seonbin! ‘I’m so sorry, thankful, and love you for leaving us so suddenly after going through so much hardship as a mother’s daughter.’ You should have at least said something… … I am left with so much resentment. Also, how scary and painful was it alone at the time of the accident? I couldn’t understand why I had to take on such difficult tasks alone, and it made me think of the things you used to say. ‘The ladies I work with only order for themselves… ‘ Just because you’re young doesn’t mean it’s not hard, but I respect you so much for persevering through it and working, but I also feel sorry for you. Even though I told him dozens of times that it was hard, and even though I told him to quit several times… The mother becomes guilty once again for not being able to force her to quit more forcefully. My daughter Hyeyeon, the prettiest girl in the world! Her mother was so happy that you were born, it was her joy itself. When she was young, she was the kind of person who washed away the hardships with her cuteness, was the driving force of her mother’s life, had a variety of expressions, and laughed a lot. She was the prettiest daughter in the world. As I grew up, I helped her family a lot and things were gradually getting better. I would tell her mom about my worries, go shopping with her, and go to the market together. Every time she did that, people would envy her, saying they were like sisters. I was like that… … My mom also thought this way. She said that if she hadn’t changed her name… What if she hadn’t done it… etc… She kept adding meaning to what if. That’s how hard it is to accept reality. Because we can say that we are true friends rather than mother and daughter, even when we were friendly and when we fought. How can I live my daily life comfortably when my precious other half, who was with me through everything, is gone. Surviving day after day with the feeling that every action I make is a sin against my daughter Sunbin is pain itself. Everyone says it gets better with time, but on the contrary, it gets more and more difficult as time goes by. I want to see more. I still desperately want to believe it’s a dream. daughter!! After spending 24 years together, I feel once again how big the empty space is for you. These are albums from my childhood that I haven’t even put together (a whopping 4 large ones), pictures you made with great skill, and traces of you are all over the place, but you, my daughter, are not here. I feel like it will come back someday, so I can’t throw it away or get rid of it. Without these, I feel like all the memories I had with you will disappear. I want to keep her mother by my side as long as she lives. My beloved daughter Sunbin!! I was so thankful for being born as my mother’s daughter, I was sorry for not being able to give her as much love, I was even more sorry for not being able to raise her in a good environment and making her live in despair, and I was most sorry for making you feel guilty for not being able to show me a happy side. But I was so thankful that I did my best to live brightly and courageously. If Seonbin were with us now, she would have lived a happier life… Since you are always in Mommy’s heart, Sunbin should just play in a comfortable place, do the things you like, and live happily while waiting for the day when you can meet her mother. I miss you so much, I love you so much, and I’m so, so sorry. Goodbye until the day we meet!! -A mother who loves her daughter Sunbin (Hye-yeon) the most in the world-

2023-10-15 20:00:18
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Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is attending the first trial in the Daejang-dong and Wirye New Town case on suspicion of preferential treatment held at the Central District Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 6th. yunhap news

Lee Jae-myeong, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was handed over to trial in connection with suspicions of preferential treatment for the development of Baekhyeon-dong. This is the third indictment since last year’s presidential election. However, investigations related to CEO Lee are not decreasing. The prosecution reorganized the investigation team to look again at whether CEO Lee tolerated his spouse’s personal use of corporate credit cards while serving as governor of Gyeonggi Province. The investigation into the report on the ‘suspicion of tampering with Prosecutor Yoon Seok-yeol’s investigation’, which took place just before the presidential election, is also directed at those around Representative Lee. According to the Hankyoreh coverage on the 12th, the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office has formed a ‘dedicated investigation team’ to investigate Representative Lee under the newly appointed 2nd Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee Jeong-seop, following the recent reshuffle of the High Prosecutors’ Office level (Deputy Chief and Deputy Chief). An official from the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office explained, “In order to efficiently proceed with the investigation related to Representative Lee, which was previously led by the 6th Criminal Division, we will reassign the case to each department, and the deputy chief prosecutor will serve as the team leader with overall responsibility.” The dedicated investigation team is largely divided into three parts. Detective Division 6 looks into suspicions related to former Gyeonggi Province Vice Governor Lee Hwa-young’s receipt of illegal political funds, while the Defense Business and Industrial Technology Crime Investigation Department is dedicated to investigating suspicions of Ssangbangwool Group’s remittances to North Korea. The Public Investigation Department plans to look into the suspicions that Representative Lee’s spouse, Kim Hye-kyung, condoned the personal use of corporate cards while he was governor of Gyeonggi Province. This is because the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission recently transferred CEO Lee’s related charges to the prosecution, saying ‘there is a need to investigate’. The suspicion was previously investigated by the police once and the case was not forwarded (the charges were terminated). Police Commissioner Yoon Hee-geun was asked a related question at the National Assembly Public Administration and Security Committee audit held at the National Police Agency on this day and said, “At the time, the (police) investigation team judged (not guilty) by comprehensively not only the statement of the public interest informant but also the results of search and seizure or communication investigation.” The investigation into the report on the ‘suspicion of tampering with Prosecutor Yoon Seok-yeol’s investigation’, which took place just before the presidential election, is also targeting those around Representative Lee. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office investigation team in charge of the related investigation searched and seized the aide of Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Byeong-wook, a party policy researcher, and a media reporter the day before on charges of defaming President Yoon (violation of the Information and Communications Network Act). Representative Kim was a member of Representative Lee’s closest group. He is a member of the ‘7-member group’. In addition, the prosecution is investigating and booked CEO Lee on charges of breach of trust under the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Economic Crimes in connection with the ‘suspicion of preferential treatment for the development of a hotel in Jeongja-dong’. On this morning, the 3rd Anti-Corruption Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (Director Kim Yong-sik) filed a lawsuit against CEO Lee and Jeong Jin-sang on charges of causing 20 billion won in damage to Seongnam Urban Development Corporation by giving preferential treatment to a specific company during the Baekhyeon-dong development process (breach of trust under the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Economic Crimes). The former head of the political affairs coordination office of the Democratic Party leader’s office (then policy aide to Seongnam City) was indicted without detention. The prosecution submitted these cases to trial and applied to the court to merge them with the existing Daejangdong and Wirye cases. The Seoul Central District Court plans to assign the cases indicted by the prosecution to the 33rd Criminal Settlement Division (Presiding Judge Kim Dong-hyeon), which is in charge of the Daejang-dong and Wirye cases, to determine whether to merge them. The position is that they will continue to investigate Representative Lee’s charges of instigation of perjury in the Public Official Election Act trial and suspicions of Ssangbangwool sending money to North Korea (third-party bribery charges). Reporter Jae-ho Lee ph@hani.co.kr Reporter Hye-min Jeong jhm@hani.co.kr Reporter Na-rae Jang wing@hani.co.kr
2023-10-12 20:01:01
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