COVID-19 Overcoming 'Good Consumer Movement'... National Government Employees Union Joins In

Park Young-sun, Minister of SMEs and Startups (fifth from the left in the front row), attended the launch ceremony of the "Wise Consumption Life That Makes Small Business Owners Smile" campaign held on the 23rd at the Korea Federation of SMEs in Yeouido, Seoul, and took a commemorative photo with the central government labor union chairpersons of the National Public Officials Labor Union.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daeseop] The National Government Employees' Union is joining the 'Good Consumer Movement' to support small business owners struggling due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The plan is to promote consumption in four areas: traditional markets, advance payments, pre-purchases, and purchases through small business owner-exclusive online platforms.

The National Government Employees' Union and the Small and Medium Business Administration Employees' Union held a launch ceremony for the 'Wise Consumption Life that Makes Small Business Owners Smile' campaign on the 23rd at the Korea Federation of SMEs in Yeouido, Seoul. The ceremony was attended by union chairpersons from 28 central government ministries, including the Ministry of Strategy and Finance and the Ministry of Education, as well as Park Young-sun, Minister of the Small and Medium Business Administration.

This campaign was initiated to create a virtuous cycle of consumption by voluntarily promoting the good consumer movement within the public service community starting from the labor unions, aiming to revitalize the small business economy. The National Government Employees' Union has about 25,000 members. The campaign will run for four months from this month through July.

Each of the 28 branches of the National Government Employees' Union plans to encourage ▲ purchasing and early use of Onnuri gift certificates for traditional markets worth 100,000 KRW per person per month ▲ advance payments at regular restaurants and other favorite places ▲ purchasing products using small business owner-exclusive online platforms such as the Small and Medium Business Administration's 'Gachi Sapsida', Korea Post's 'Post Office Shopping', and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' 'Aquaculture Seafood Consumption Promotion Campaign'.

Park Young-sun, Minister of SMEs and Startups, attended the launch ceremony of the "Wise Consumption Life Making Small Business Owners Smile" campaign held at the Korea Federation of SMEs in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 23rd, discussing administrative support and other matters.

On the day of the launch ceremony, the National Government Employees' Union made pre-purchases of goods through the small business owner online support platform 'Gachi Sapsida'. Participants of the launch ceremony also made advance payments at restaurants near the Korea Federation of SMEs.

Ahn Jeong-seop, chairman of the National Government Employees' Union, stated, "Cooperation with the government is necessary to ensure that the voluntary good consumer movement by the government employees' union spreads throughout all areas of the public service community. We aim to fulfill the social responsibility of public officials by sharing the pain of small business owners suffering from COVID-19."

Park Young-sun, Minister of the Small and Medium Business Administration, said, "I appreciate the union's voluntary participation in the good consumer movement to empower small business owners and self-employed individuals. At the Cabinet meeting, I will request all ministers to actively participate in this campaign, and we will spare no administrative support to ensure that all executive departments can join."

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