Pyongyang, April 1 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea issued an appeal to the working class and trade union members across the country on March 30, under the title "Let us fully demonstrate the strong spirit of the heroic Korean working class in the sacred struggle for the comprehensive development of socialism, cherishing the great trust of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea as lifeblood".

The appeal said that an all-people general advance for the brilliant fulfillment of the new Five-Year Plan began along the road of victory indicated by the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

The Party Central Committee designed a brighter future of our country, believing in the mettle of the struggle of our working class who invariably carried forward the traditions of loyalty and patriotism in the annals of the revolution, the appeal said, and went on:

All the working class and trade union members!

Let us take the lead in ushering in a new proud era of national prosperity surpassing the past five years with more innovative and more strenuous efforts, bearing in mind the ardent patriotic idea and intention of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un .

The workers and trade union members in the metallurgical industry sector, the key industry of our economy!

Let us systematically increase the production of iron and steel, as befitting the eldest son of the country who has set high goals for himself, challenged the impossibility and upheld the Party's plan and determination, thus strongly guaranteeing the growth and development of the overall economy.

The workers and trade union members in the chemical industry sector!

You should hold fast to self-reliance and science and technology as lifeline and kindle the flames of the drive for increased production and creation so as to push ahead with the drive for putting the chemical industry on an independent and modern basis.

The workers and trade union members in the electric-power and coal industries!

You should always connect the blood vessel with Pyongyang, the capital city, and play a powerful engine's role in the vanguard of carrying out the new Five-Year Plan with patriotic enthusiasm.

You should be a source of enthusiasm and inexhaustible driving force that adds light and heat to our advancing country, as befitting the core of the country defending the forward base of the self-supporting economy!

Let us launch an intensive competition for modernization and quality improvement by following the fighting spirit and mettle of the working class of the Ryongsong Machine Complex who created the Chollima spirit in the new era, and thus turn the country's machine industry into a development- and creation-oriented one.

The workers and trade union members in the construction sector should turn the capital city of Pyongyang into a world-class city and make the regional areas and rural areas seethe with the creation of new legendary tales of construction by embodying the spirit and mettle with which they brought about eye-opening miracles and changes through the vigorous revolution in construction!

The workers and trade union members in the building-materials industry should perform greater miracles and innovations, following the workers of the Sangwon Cement Complex who are standing in the van of the struggle involving the whole country, holding the torch of the times embodying the secret of the development of our state!

The workers and trade union members in the sector of railway transport!

Let us further consolidate the material and technical foundations of the railways by dint of the socialist patriotic movement and continue to carry forward the traditions of the proud campaign of increased railway transport!

The workers and trade union members in the light industry sector!

Let us bear in mind that even a single product reflects the Party's policy and the conscience of the working class toward the Party's decisions.

The workers and trade union members in the fishing industry sector!

You should regard fish farming and aquaculture as the main direction in the development of the fishing industry and attain at any cost the goal for fisheries production set by the Party, thus making a positive contribution to improving the people's standard of living.

The scientists and technicians defending the primary scouting front of the Korean revolution!

You should set an ambitious goal to outpace the world and achieve more significant and perfect practical successes with tireless research and patriotic enthusiasm, thus guaranteeing the fulfillment of the Party's plan and the new Five-Year Plan.

Let us all make redoubled efforts in all realms of education, public health and culture so as to powerfully promote the overall social development.

The reliable workers and trade union members in the munitions industry sector who have always been faithful to the honorable title bestowed by the Workers' Party of Korea - the revolutionary industrial workers!

Let us wage a more vigorous struggle for the sustained development of the self-reliant defence capabilities, the cornerstone of the state's existence, in the revolutionary spirit of implementing the Party's determinations and plans devotedly, unconditionally, perfectly.

All the working class and trade unions members across the country! The Party Central Committee is calling us.

The appeal said that the ideal and aspiration of the Korean people are sure to come true and the brilliant fulfillment of the new Five-Year Plan is certain as they invariably hold the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un , a peerlessly great man, in high esteem as the top leader of the Party and the state. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.04.01.)