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18 Mar 2002

Author:
Koh Han-sun, JoongAng Ilbo [South Korea]

Labor group calls on Seoul to ease action on strikers [South Korea]

The International Labor Organization urged the South Korean government Saturday to allow labor unions freedom in seeking outside mediation of labor-management disputes. It also demanded that Seoul revise its labor laws, which allow union leaders to be punished for impeding business operations, to meet international standards of freedom of association.