A press conference for the inauguration of the action was held in Seoul on March 11.

Speeches were made by the chief vice-chairman of the Confederation of Trade Unions, the permanent vice-chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, the secretary general of the Citizens Solidarity for Democratic Society, the secretary general of the Federation of Women's Organizations, the permanent co-representative of the Solidarity for Abolition of Discrimination against Disabled Persons and the chairman of the Government Employees' Union.

They said that the Park Geun Hye regime was not following through on the "commitment" to ensuring basic pension.

They noted that the regime cut down the pension for the government employees but it would retrogressively revise the pension for the ordinary people later.

They said they would fight against the authorities' revision of pension in order to save the women from poverty and provide a stable life to the popular masses.

The participants called upon the civic and social organizations to take part in the solidarity struggle to check the authorities' revision moves.