Statement in
Solidarity with the London Subway Workers¡¯ Strike
Bob Crow
General Secretary
National Union of
Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)
Manuel Cortes
General Secretary
Transport Salaried
Staffs¡¯ Association (TSA)
Cc:
Stephen Cotton
Acting General
Secretary
International
Transport Workers¡¯ Federation (ITF)
¨ª ystein Aslaksen
Rail Section Chair
International
Transport Workers¡¯ Federation (ITF)
Mac Urata
Secretary of
Inland Transport
International
Transport Workers¡¯ Federation (ITF)
In Support of the
Struggle of London Underground Workers against Job Cuts and Structural
Adjustment
To our brothers
and sisters in the London subway,
The Korean
Federation of Public Services and Transportation Workers¡¯ Unions (KPTU) and our
affiliates in the KPTU Rail-Subway Council fully support your struggle to stop
the closure of ticket offices, reduction of station jobs and overall
restructuring in the London Underground.
Subway station
workers carry out functions that are essential to safety and maintaining the
subway as a quality public service. Workers who have been employed in these
jobs deserve to be treated with dignity, not reshuffled or caste aside as the
LU and TfL¡¯s plan calls for.
Around the world,
public transport workers¡¯ conditions and labor rights are under attack. Like
you, Korean subway and railway workers have for years fought against
restructuring and worsening conditions, which have a direct impact on service
quality. For these actions we have faced severe labor repression including
criminal charges, imprisonment and dismissals.
While labor
repression does not take the same form in the UK, we know it take greats
courage to mobilize for and take strike action. We are greatly inspired by your
willingness to make this stand in the face of injustice.
Brothers and
sisters, the KPTU and our subway and railway members stand in solidarity with
you and will fight with you to the end. We are confident that with
determination and unity you will be victorious in your struggle.
In solidarity
LEE, Sang Moo
President,
Korean Federation
of Public Services and Transportation Workers¡¯ Unions (KPTU)
KPTU National
Rail-Subway Council
LEE, Yeong-ik
Acting President,
Korean Railway
Workers¡¯ Union (KRWU)
LEE, Ui-yong
President,
Busan Subway Labor
Union (BSLU)
LEE, Jae-mun
President,
Seoul Metro Rapid
Transit Workers Union (SMRTWU)
PARK, Jeong-gyu
President,
Seoul Subway Labor
Union (SSLU)
LEE, Jeong-su
President,
Gwangju Metro
Rapid Transit Workers Union (GMRTWU)
LEE, Seung-yong
President,
Deagu Subway Labor
Union (DSLU)
KIM, Seung-bae
President
Incheon Subway
Labor Union (ISLU)
HAN, Seong-su
President,
Deajeon Metro
Rapid-Transit Workers¡¯ Union (DMRTWU)
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