Pyongyang: North Korea's largest labor group has urged workers to carry out a "full march" to achieve the five-year national economic development plan adopted at a party congress in February, state media said Wednesday. The General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, affiliated with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), made the appeal to its members and other workers nationwide at a plenary meeting Monday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the federation emphasized that a "full march involving all people" has commenced to fulfill the new five-year plan in line with the path of victory suggested at the Ninth Party Congress. The federation called for a bolder and more aggressive struggle to drive socialist development. "All workplaces and posts are the foundations upholding our great country," the group stated, urging workers to boost industrial production and set new records across various industrial sectors.
The workers' group is one of the four largest labor organizations under the guidance of the WPK, primarily aimed at instilling its ideology in the people. During Monday's plenary meeting, the group also decided to convene a meeting for the new term in May, the KCNA reported. This move is expected to inaugurate new leadership as part of efforts to reinvigorate the drive to implement party congress decisions.