Lee Yeong-ho, who fought the 77 days strike against the mass dismissal at Ssangyong Motors in the summer 2009, visited Japan and attended a solidarity meeting held in Shibuya, Tokyo on June 20. A documentary film featuring the Ssangyong struggle “You and my war” was shown at the meeting.

Lee expressed his determination to fight on. “During the strike we occupied the factory and the company stopped water and gas supply. When workers got sick, we couldn’t get a doctor or have medicine brought in. The mass media blamed the workers. But, it was a matter of life and death to fight restructuring dismissal. We had to use slingshots to counter the violence of the police and the company. Dismissal means killing workers! Right now, we are suppressed severely, but we will finally win and go back to work in the factory,”

The film “You and my war” will be shown at the Labor Film Festival 2010 on July 24.

Photo: Lee with a banner saying “Dismissal means killing workers”     

Japantakaheims, 2010-07-16 03:12, Hit : 87