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Sample Protest Letter Concerning

We call on the South Korean Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Justice and Lee Myeong-bak administration to recognize the legal union status of the Migrants Trade Union and stop its repression against migrant workers.

The Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants Trade Union has been fighting for the rights of migrant workers and carrying out legitimate union activities since it was founded in 2005. The South Korean Ministry of Labor and Lee Myeong-bak administration are refusing MTU’s legal union status because its founders are undocumented migrant workers. However, as was shown in the Seoul High Court decision of 1 February 2007, the South Korean Constitution and the Trade Union Law protect the right to freedom of association of all those who enter into employment relations as workers, including undocumented migrant workers.

International Law to which South Korea is party including the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) all protect the rights of workers regardless of social status to freedom of association. In particular, the CERD General Recommendation No. 30(2004) states that “guarantees against racial discrimination apply to non-citizens regardless of their immigration status” and that “all individuals are entitled to the enjoyment of labor and employment rights, including the freedom of assembly and association, once an employment relationship has been initiated until it is terminated.” In addition, ILO Convention No. 87 protects the right to freedom of association for all workers, “without distinction whatsoever” and has been shown to apply to undocumented migrant workers through CFA recommendations (UGT, 2001 and AFL-CIO/CTM, 2002).

We are gravely concerned that the South Korean government is ignoring these international conventions and its own domestic law. We are also concerned that the Immigration Authorities, under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice, have been carrying out a targeted crackdown against MTU’s leaders. This is an abuse of national power and act of labor repression!

We demand of the Lee Myeong-bak administration, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Justice and the Immigration Authorities:

- Stop the targeted crackdown and repression against MTU!
- In accordance with domestic and international law, recognize MTU’s legal union status!

Please fax to: Ministry of Justice: 82-2-2110-3079, Ministry of Labor: 82-2-3679-6581

Please send a copy to KCTU and MTU at: inter@kctu.org, MTUintl@jinbo.net

下列範例抗議信是關於…

我們請求南韓勞動部、司法部及李明博政府承認外勞工會（ Migrants Trade Union / MTU）的法律工會地位並停止其對移工的壓迫。

首爾外勞工會（ Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants Trade Union ）自其於二○○五年創立以來，一直致力於為移工爭取權利、執行其合法的公會活動。南韓勞動部及李明博政府以外勞工會的創辦人為非經登記有案的勞工為由，拒絕承認其合法工會的地位。然而，如同首爾高等法院在二○○七年的決議所例證，南韓憲法及工會法保護所有以勞工身分進入勞動關係的個人之結社自由，其中亦包括未經登記有案的移工。

南韓所簽署的國際法公約計有: 《國際消除一切形式種族歧視公約》（International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination / ICERD）、《國際公民和政治權利公約》（International Convention on Civil and Political Rights/ ICCPR）、和《國際經濟、社會暨文化權利公約》（International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / ICESCR），其皆保護勞工的結社自由，不論其社會地位。其中，聯合國消除種族歧視委員會的概括建議書第三十號（二○○四年）特別指出 :「所有個人在勞動關係開始至中止前皆享有，包括集會結社自由等勞動權及受雇權。」此外，國際勞動組織（ILO）第八十七公約亦「無任何區別地」（without distinction whatsoever）保障所有勞工的結社自由，並從結社自由委員會（Committee on Freedom of Association/ CFA）的建議書中可得知其亦適用於未經登記有案的移工。1

我們對南韓政府目前對國際公約及其內國法持續忽視的情況深表關切。我們並擔憂移民局在司法部的庇蔭下對外勞工會領袖們的鎖定式鎮壓。這是一種對國家權力的濫用及壓迫勞工的舉動。

我們要求李明博政府、勞動部、司法部和移民當局 :
---- 停止對外勞工會的鎖定式鎮壓及壓迫
---- 依循內國及國際法，承認外勞工會的合法的工會地位

請傳真至南韓司法部 : +82-2-2110-3079
勞動部 : +82-2-3679-6581

並副本至南韓工會聯盟及首爾外勞工會: inter@kctu.org, MTUintl@jinbo.net