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National Meeting of Union Activists Held

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, December 2 (KCNA) -- A national meeting of union activists was held at the People's Palace of Culture on Thursday. The meeting viewed the successes made in trade union work under the banner of Songun and discussed the tasks and ways to prepare all union officials to be personifiers of revolutionary soldier spirit, genuine union officials of the Songun era. The participants listened first to the record of speech "The Working Class Should Become the Pivotal Force in the Struggle to Model the Whole Society on the Juche Idea" made by President Kim Il Sung at the 6th congress of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea on Nov. 30, Juche 70 (1981). Ryom Sun Gil, chairman of the Central Committee of the GFTUK, in his report said that the meeting would be a historic occasion in resolutely defending and glorifying the Juche-based idea of the President and leader Kim Jong Il on building trade unions and their leadership feats and applying the Songun revolutionary leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea overall to the trade union work. Referring to the immortal exploits performed by the peerlessly great persons in the development of trade unions, he went on to say:
    There was a radical change in trade union work in the recent 10-odd rigorous years under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il. Thanks to his energetic guidance and loving care union officials could firmly build up trade unions as militant organizations intensely loyal to the Songun leadership of the Party, prepare union members as reliable fighters of devotedly defending the leader and arouse them in carrying through the Songun revolutionary line of the Party.
    All trade unions and union officials should cherish the firm conviction that the destiny of the Party, revolution, the socialist homeland and the people rests on the spirit of devotedly defending the headquarters of the revolution and firmly prepare union members to be Songun revolutionary soldiers who resolutely safeguard Kim Jong Il politically, ideologically and at the risk of their lives in any adversity.
    Trade unions and union officials should carry on all work on the principle of attaching importance to national defence and placing military affairs above all true to the line of economic construction of the Songun era and arouse union members to play vanguard role in building an economic power. All the union members should vigorously strive to build an independent and prosperous reunified powerful country in firm unity with the south Korean workers in the idea of "By our nation itself" under the uplifted banner of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and fulfill their historic mission in the efforts to defend socialism and realize independence of the whole world.
    All the speakers expressed their firm will to bring about a fresh turn in union work to suit the requirement of the building of a great prosperous powerful nation in the Songun era in hearty response to the militant tasks set in the congratulatory message the Central Committee of the WPK sent to the GFTUK on the occasion of its 60th anniversary so as to live up to the great expectation of the Party with loyalty.
    A message of pledge to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.