section_path: Nominations/Third party nominees and independent candidates/Withdrawn, eliminated, or ineligible candidates/Social Transformation Solidarity Conference (Democratic Labor Party)
section_name: Social Transformation Solidarity Conference (Democratic Labor Party)
paragraph_text: Social Transformation Solidarity Conference (Democratic Labor Party)
  
  The Green Party, Justice Party, Labor Party, and several labor unions agreed to have an open primary and field candidates under the banner of Social Transformation. Kwon Yeong-guk won the primary and was nominated as the Democratic Labor Party's presidential candidate on 30 April.
  
  Kwon has pledged a complete "liquidation of insurrectionist forces" following the martial law crisis and Yoon's impeachment. He has refused calls to unify his campaign with Democratic candidate Lee Jae-myung, saying "independent progressive politics must continue." Kwon promises to enact an anti-discrimination law and will work to create an equal society without gaps. As a "street lawyer," Kwon was instrumental in the 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize the Migrant Workers' Trade Union and promises to overhaul Korea's immigration system.
  
  Kwon and the Democratic Labor Party have qualified to appear in the televised presidential debates.
  
  On 15 May, defeated candidate and former KCTU chairman Han Sang-gyun called for unity at a Busan press conference, saying, "This is the result of the desperation of not having a voice in an unequal world. We need to build on this power to create a decisive moment that will transform Korean society."