Public workers' unions vote to merge into single group

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's three labor unions of public workers
decided Tuesday to merge into a single entity and join an umbrella labor
organization, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).
The decision came after a two-day vote by the members of the three trade unions
-- the Korean Government Employees' Union, the Korean Democracy Government
Employees' Union and the Court Government Employees' Union.
A merger of the three unions would create a giant labor group of some 115,000
members. The KCTU currently claims some 750,000 members.
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