Weekend 'Teacher Rally' Reopens... "Urging Passage of 4 Teacher Rights Bills by September"

Scheduled to Gather in Front of the National Assembly on the Afternoon of the 16th
Teacher Organizations May Propose Joint Opinions

A teachers' rally to urge legislation for the protection of teachers' rights will resume. After a break following the rally held on the 4th to commemorate the 49th day memorial of the deceased teacher from Seoi Elementary School, the weekend rally is expected to take place again after two weeks.

According to a press release distributed on the 11th under the name "Jeon-guk Gyosa Ildong" (All Teachers Nationwide), a rally urging the National Assembly to pass legislation to restore public education will be held in front of the National Assembly building in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, from 2 PM to 4 PM on the 16th.

They will gather in front of the National Assembly to urge the passage of legislation related to the protection of teachers' rights scheduled for the plenary session on the 21st. The teachers' group stated, "Despite teachers showing a firm movement called 'Public Education Normalization Day' for the first time in constitutional history on September 4th, the responses from the Ministry of Education and the National Assembly have been sluggish," adding, "While the revision of the Child Abuse Act is facing difficulties, more teachers have left us."

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They continued, "To protect every single teacher without exception, on September 21st, teachers will once again gather in front of the National Assembly as a black wave to pass the four laws protecting teachers' rights, including the Child Abuse Act and the Child Welfare Act," and stated, "Our goal is to overcome the successive heartbreaking news of our colleagues through solidarity and healing, and to urge the National Assembly to ensure that the teachers' bills are processed within September."

Jeon-guk Gyosa Ildong announced that they proposed solidarity to six teachers' organizations ahead of this rally. Previously, at the 7th teachers' rally held in front of the National Assembly on the 2nd, an estimated 300,000 teachers gathered according to the organizers.

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