Gwangju City Labor-Management-Government-Civil Council Meeting Held... Resolution for Cooperation Among Labor, Economic, and Civic Groups

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "We Will Definitely Succeed in Gwangju-type Jobs Through Labor-Management-Government Cooperation"

On the morning of the 18th, Lee Yong-seop, Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City, attended the '2nd Gwangju City Labor-Management-Government Council Meeting' held at the construction site office of the Gwangju Global Motors (GGM) completed car factory in Bitgreen Industrial Complex, Gwangsan-gu. After discussing follow-up plans related to the selection of win-win regional jobs, he toured the construction site and conversed with Park Kwang-sik, Vice President of Gwangju Global Motors. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 18th that it held the Gwangju City Labor-Management-Government-Civil Council at the office of the construction site of Gwangju Global Motors Co., Ltd.

Presided over by Mayor Lee Yong-seop, the council was attended by Choi Hyung-gi, Head of the Win-Win Regional Job Support Center of the Presidential Committee on Jobs, Yoon Jong-hae, Chairman of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions Gwangju Regional Headquarters, Choi Jong-man, Executive Vice President of the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Park Byung-gyu, Chairman of the GGM Win-Win Committee, among other council members.

Earlier, on the 15th, the Gwangju-type job automobile factory project, which Gwangju City has been focusing on during the 7th local government term, was finally selected as the first win-win regional job project nationwide by the government and will receive government support.

At the council meeting, discussions were held on labor-related issues such as follow-up plans after the selection as a win-win regional job, progress on establishing the Gwangju Win-Win Job Foundation, the status of the establishment of the Gwangju Global Motors Co., Ltd. factory, plans for the Gwangju-type job joint welfare program, and the progress of the laundry service for workers’ uniforms in the Hanam Industrial Complex.

The members also toured the construction site of the Gwangju-type job complete car factory and exchanged opinions.

At this meeting, the members proposed ▲ close communication among labor, management, government, and civil sectors ▲ securing safety for construction site workers ▲ consideration for female workers.

Mayor Lee also requested ▲ expanding the proportion of local youth in worker recruitment ▲ hiring a certain percentage of female workers.

The Labor-Management-Government-Civil Council received great response by gifting 100 watermelons to encourage about 500 on-site workers who are striving for the construction of the complete car factory.

The council members who attended resolved, “Since the Gwangju-type job project has overcome many twists and difficulties and labor, management, government, and civil sectors have agreed on its successful promotion, from now on, let us unite all our efforts to ensure the success of the first win-win regional job project based on mutual trust and cooperation.”

Choi Hyung-gi, Head of the Win-Win Regional Job Support Center of the Presidential Committee on Jobs, said, “Since this achievement was made with one heart and one mind by labor, management, government, and civil sectors, the Jobs Committee will also work hard for the success of the Gwangju-type job,” adding, “As other regions are paying attention to the Gwangju-type job, please do your best to make it a representative win-win model.”

Mayor Lee Yong-seop emphasized, “With the Gwangju-type job model’s first project, the complete car factory project, being selected as the first win-win regional job project nationwide, a foundation for government support for workers and companies has been established,” and added, “In particular, Bitgreen Industrial Complex, where the factory is located, was designated as an economic free zone on the 3rd and included in the government’s industrial complex renovation project, creating favorable conditions to lead the future automobile industry.”

He continued, “Gwangju City will create local jobs by successfully implementing the unprecedented local government-led social integration Gwangju-type job with labor, management, government, and civil sectors united as one, overcoming the high-cost, low-efficiency structure and confrontational labor-management relations facing the Korean economy, thereby providing an opportunity for the Korean economy’s leap forward,” and added, “I ask the Labor-Management-Government-Civil Council to take the lead in success through more active cooperation and solidarity.”

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