SK Innovation Launches 'Ulsan CLX Happiness Council' with Employee Participation

[Asia Economy Reporter Park So-yeon] SK Innovation announced on the 22nd that it has officially launched the 'Ulsan CLX Happiness Council,' a system where on-site members participate continuously, breaking away from the conventional labor-management relationship where labor and management meet only during specific periods such as wage collective bargaining (wage negotiations).

On the same day, SK Innovation's labor and management held the inauguration ceremony of the Happiness Council at Ulsan CLX, the company's core production base. About 100 people attended the event, including President Kim Jun, Labor Union Chairman Lee Seong-hoon, and Ulsan CLX General Manager Park Kyung-hwan.

SK Innovation explained, "The Happiness Council is an innovation that boldly breaks the existing framework of labor union and company between labor and management," adding, "The council was created to establish a system where members directly participate and continuously discuss future-oriented agendas together with their colleagues."

Going forward, when an issue arises or a topic is selected at Ulsan CLX, participants for the Happiness Council will be recruited from on-site members, and labor and management will jointly review and select member representatives (Clan) through evaluation.

The company explained that the Happiness Council will be operated in a way that member representatives are delegated sufficient authority to discuss issues in depth and find solutions.

The first topic of the Ulsan CLX Happiness Council was selected as 'Intergenerational Empathy.' Twenty-seven members representing each organization and generation were selected as the Clan and will carry out various activities until the end of the year. Once this task is resolved, another issue or topic will be selected.

At the inauguration ceremony, Kim Jun, President of SK Innovation, said, "Through the Happiness Council, which completes and creates company-wide deep change, the company is preparing for a new leap forward," and added, "Please strive so that the council can establish itself as a proud corporate culture through active participation, discussion, and communication."

Labor Union Chairman Lee Seong-hoon said, "The Happiness Council is very special in that members have become the main agents," and added, "We will make greater efforts to ensure that various improvement plans directly created by union members are successfully implemented so that we can create greater happiness together."

SK Innovation's labor and management have maintained a cooperative relationship through wage increases linked to the consumer price index and a 1% Happiness Sharing Fund.

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