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Outlawed civil servant union files lawsuit against gov't
By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Government Employees' Union (KGEU) has filed a suit against the Labor Ministry claiming its decision to outlaw the union did not follow legitimate procedure, KGEU officials said Friday.
The ministry announced earlier this week that it would not recognize KGEU's status as a legitimate entity, saying the union disobeyed repeated orders to remove dismissed state workers from its membership. After the action, the ministry filed a suit on Thursday against the head of the union for violating the labor law.
"The Labor Ministry has mistakenly concluded that the union didn't conform to the order on the basis of outdated information from the union's Internet homepage," KGEU said in the petition filed with the Seoul Administrative Court.
"This is illegal activity violating formal investigative procedure, which obliges (the Labor Ministry) to make its judgment based on reports submitted by the union," it said.
Union officials claimed they notified the ministry that the membership of the six employees in question had been revoked, but said the ministry refused to accept the information citing outdated content from the union website.
Strife between the government and KGEU has intensified since the country's three unions representing government workers voted last month to merge into a single group and to join a militant umbrella labor organization.
Ahead of its official launch slated in December, union members have faced a strong backlash from the government, which vows strong action against public servants who engage in political activity.
ejkim@yna.co.kr
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