Korea’s Largest Union Calls for Strike to Oppose Martial Law
- Union leader calls the president’s move “illegal declaration”
- Country’s umbrella union has about 1.2 million members
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The largest umbrella union in South Korea declared its opposition to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law, calling for a general strike to force him to reverse course.
“We are here to curb the illegal declaration of martial law and also impeach President,” said Kim Jin Euk, head of Seoul office at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Korea’s largest umbrella labor union with about 1.2 million members. “I can’t believe he is doing this crazy thing.”