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206629
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 12:26
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Opposition leader pledges parliamentary inspection of Hanjin Heavy's labor dispute
BUSAN, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- The leader of South Korea's main opposition party on Monday said he will push for a parliamentary inspection on a prolonged labor dispute at a local shipbuilder that was sparked by massive layouts.
During his visit to the southern port city of Busan, Rep. Sohn Hak-kyu of the Democratic Party called Kim Jin-sook, a female labor activist, who has been staging a sit-in atop a 35-meter-high crane at Hanjin Heavy's Youngdo shipyard in this port city for 250 days.
"I will do my best to solve the labor dispute at Hanjin Heavy, even launching a parliamentary inspection if needed," Sohn told the female protester in the telephone conversation. "I will put my utmost efforts to make you come down (from the crane)."
Kim has refused to come down from the crane since January, insisting that she would do so only when the company scraps the massive layoff plan.
Hanjin Heavy has been under growing public criticism over the labor conflict that was triggered by its decision last December to lay off more than 400 workers.
In a deal reached in June, most workers returned to work but dozens refused to give up their protest.
Last month, ruling and opposition lawmakers called in Hanjin Heavy Chairman Cho Nam-ho to a parliamentary hearing, urging him to solve the dispute through negotiations with union members. Cho said mass layoffs were unavoidable because of declining orders.
ejkim@yna.co.kr
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During his visit to the southern port city of Busan, Rep. Sohn Hak-kyu of the Democratic Party called Kim Jin-sook, a female labor activist, who has been staging a sit-in atop a 35-meter-high crane at Hanjin Heavy's Youngdo shipyard in this port city for 250 days.
"I will do my best to solve the labor dispute at Hanjin Heavy, even launching a parliamentary inspection if needed," Sohn told the female protester in the telephone conversation. "I will put my utmost efforts to make you come down (from the crane)."
Kim has refused to come down from the crane since January, insisting that she would do so only when the company scraps the massive layoff plan.
Hanjin Heavy has been under growing public criticism over the labor conflict that was triggered by its decision last December to lay off more than 400 workers.
In a deal reached in June, most workers returned to work but dozens refused to give up their protest.
Last month, ruling and opposition lawmakers called in Hanjin Heavy Chairman Cho Nam-ho to a parliamentary hearing, urging him to solve the dispute through negotiations with union members. Cho said mass layoffs were unavoidable because of declining orders.
ejkim@yna.co.kr
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