Ruling and Opposition Clash Over InGukGong Incident... Kim Du-kwan Says "Cutting Out Context" vs Ha Tae-kyung Demands "Apology" (Summary)

Kim Du-kwan: "Construction Job Seekers Are Not Aiming to Become Security Screening Staff"
Ha Tae-kyung: "The 35 Million Won Annual Salary for Security Screening Is False Information"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] The conflict between the ruling and opposition parties over the conversion of security screening personnel at Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) into regular employees is intensifying. Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Du-kwan and Future United Party lawmaker Ha Tae-kyung have been exchanging heated arguments on social networking services (SNS) day after day.

On the 28th, Rep. Ha criticized on Facebook, “I thought it was a fact when Rep. Kim said that the annual salary would be 35 million won if IIAC security screening personnel were directly employed. But that was not true,” adding, “Is Rep. Kim spreading false information to justify his unreasonable logic?”

Rep. Ha pointed out, “The annual salary is at least 43 million won. This is because the average annual salary of the 692 security screening personnel already hired by IIAC’s subsidiary as of June 1 and the remaining security screening staff to be hired as of July 1 is 42.85 million won (39.85 million won salary, 3.35 million won welfare benefits). Since the salary when hired by the subsidiary is 42.85 million won, direct employment will increase this to at least 43 million won or more.” He added, “If Rep. Kim lied to rationalize his argument, he should immediately apologize to the youth. Reports from young people angry about the 35 million won annual salary remark have been pouring in.”

Rep. Ha said, “The turnover rate of IIAC subcontractor employees is 1.1% (security and disaster prevention 1.25%), which is one-fifth of the national average (5.8%). This is already a job that young people aspire to, and now it is becoming a direct employment position. I hope they understand exactly why young people are angry and demanding fair regularization and propose solutions.”

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On the same day, Rep. Kim said on Facebook, “Rep. Ha’s skill in cutting and twisting words to make a perfectly fine person look foolish surpasses that of the Chosun Ilbo. I asked whether the security screening staff who will be hired as regular employees at IIAC and receive about 35 million won annually are the same as the job seekers who are aiming to enter IIAC, which is designed with an average annual salary of about 91 million won, and who are embracing TOEIC, computer proficiency, and NCS certifications and unwilling to retake employment exams.”

Rep. Kim said, “I raised the issue of why they oppose the direct employment and regularization of these people when the job seekers at the corporation are not competing for the positions and are not having their shares taken away.”

Earlier, on the 26th, Rep. Kim claimed, “It is rather unfair that those who studied a bit more and passed the written exam receive about twice the wages of non-regular workers after becoming regular employees. More than 200,000 people signed the national petition because of fake news from JoongAng, Chosun, and Dong-a newspapers attacking the government’s public sector regularization policy.” In response, Rep. Ha retorted, “I can only shake my head at the perception that a 35 million won annual salary regular job is a bad job. In this already hot summer, young people’s anger should be provoked in moderation.”

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