[Photo] Migrant workers rally for labor rights

Migrant workers hold a march for migrant labor rights Sunday from Cheonggye Stream’s Jeon Tae-il Bridge to the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office. (Lee Jong-keun/The Hankyoreh)

Migrant workers in South Korea held a march for migrant labor rights Sunday from Cheonggye Stream’s Jeon Tae-il Bridge – named for a South Korean labor activist who committed suicide by self-immolation in protest of poor working conditions at South Korean factories – to the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office.

Migrant workers participating in a march for migrant labor rights pose for a picture in front of a statue of Jeon Tae-il on Sunday. (Lee Jong-keun/The Hankyoreh)

A migrant worker participating in a march for migrant labor rights poses for a picture in front of a statue of Jeon Tae-il on Sunday. (Lee Jong-keun/The Hankyoreh)

The march, held a week ahead of International Workers’ Day on May 1, called for allowing free movement between workplaces, shifting control of work permits from employers to migrants, and enacting anti-discrimination legislation.

Migrant workers hold a march for migrant labor rights Sunday from Cheonggye Stream’s Jeon Tae-il Bridge to the Seoul Regional Employment and Labor Office. (Lee Jong-keun/The Hankyoreh)

By Lee Jong-keun, staff photographer

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