Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) threatened to go on strike, Friday, demanding the government suspend the imports of U.S. beef and abandon its moves to ``suppress the union.''
The threat came one day after a court issued an arrest warrant for the union's head and two other leaders. They are under suspicion of organizing illegal strikes calling for the end of U.S. beef imports.
Meanwhile, police said they were in no hurry to arrest them.
``We have no plan to go into the headquarters of the union and arrest them,'' a police officer said. ``But if they come out, we will definitely arrest them.''
Thousands of citizens, members of civic groups held massive candlelit vigils for almost two months in central Seoul to oppose the resumption of beef imports. The union also joined the rallies.