29 services that require high ethical standards, neutrality, professionalism and a lock-out upon a teachers’ strike is impossible(para. 311, 315). However, the Government continues to reject the application to establish the Korea Government Employee’s Union, or KGEU, pursuant to the Act on Establishment and Operation of Trade Union of Public Officials. In August 2013, the Ministry of Labor and Education rejected the application for establishing the KGEU on grounds that the KGEU acknowledged laid-off workers as its members and allowed grade six public officials in charge of supervising positions to join. In response, the International Labor Organization carried out an emergency intervention(ILO TUR 1-145/1-145-3) in August 2013, recommending to accept the application for the establishment of the KGEU. On October 24, 2013, the Government, pursuant to provisions of the Act on Establishment and Operation of Trade Union of Teachers, notified the Korea Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union that it is “not a trade union” because it did not exclude nine laid-off workers from union activities and did not implement the order to correct its regulation. On September 30, 2010, the NHRCK recommended to the Minister of Labor to delete related provisions in the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act, which denies laid-off workers and unemployed persons membership of trade union. In addition, the NHRCK made recommendations to resolve the issue of not acknowledging a trade union that possesses a registration document if it does not implement orders to correct factors for disqualification. The NHRCK announced a statement on October 22, 2013 that recommends the Ministry of Employment and Labor to withdraw the notification under which the Korean Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union is not acknowledged.