'Tripartite Agreement' Fateful Day... Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Holds Approval Referendum Today
On the 2nd, the Central Executive Committee meeting was held at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Jung-gu, Seoul, but the meeting was delayed due to protests by KCTU irregular workers opposing the tripartite agreement. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] On the 23rd, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) will decide to ratify the tripartite agreement for the first time in 22 years since the foreign exchange crisis through an extraordinary delegate meeting.
At 8 a.m. on the same day, the KCTU will hold the 71st extraordinary delegate meeting online and put the 'Tripartite Agreement to Overcome the COVID-19 Crisis' to a vote. The vote, which will be conducted until 8 p.m., will involve 1,480 delegates elected at a ratio of one delegate per 500 union members. The results of the online vote are expected to be announced immediately after the voting ends.
KCTU Chairman Kim Myung-hwan proposed a one-point tripartite dialogue to overcome the COVID-19 crisis last April. Subsequently, a tripartite representative meeting was formed, centered on Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, with participation from the Korea Employers Federation and the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. They prepared an agreement containing cooperation measures for employment retention, corporate revitalization, and expansion of social safety nets, and planned to hold a signing ceremony on the 1st.
However, the KCTU was unable to attend the signing ceremony due to opposition from hardliners within the union, and the tripartite dialogue ultimately failed to reach a final agreement. Afterwards, Chairman Kim convened an extraordinary delegate meeting by his authority to ask the delegates for their opinion.
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On this day, the KCTU leadership took a last stand. If the agreement is finally rejected at the delegate meeting, the entire executive committee will take responsibility and resign.
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