Labor and Management United in 'Dongseo Power New Deal'... Investment in Eco-friendly and Digital Technologies

On the 24th, Park Il-jun, President of Korea East-West Power (fourth from the left), Kim Seong-gwan, Chairman of the Labor Union, and other executives and employees held a joint labor-management declaration ceremony to promote the 'East-West Power New Deal.' (Photo by Korea East-West Power)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Korea East-West Power announced on the 24th that labor and management will join forces to promote the 'East-West Power-type New Deal' in response to the Korean New Deal policy.

Korea East-West Power stated on the same day that President Park Il-jun of East-West Power and Kim Seong-gwan, chairman of the East-West Power Labor Union, along with executives and employees, jointly declared the promotion of the East-West Power-type New Deal to establish a model for the Korean New Deal.

Labor and management agreed to jointly work on ▲'realizing social value' such as continuous creation of quality jobs ▲'Green New Deal' to proactively respond to energy transition ▲'Digital New Deal' including digital power plants ▲innovation in industrial safety and working environment using 4th industrial revolution technologies, and fostering specialized personnel for new businesses.

They set a goal to accelerate energy transition and contribute to job creation and overcoming the economic crisis by focusing investment on eco-friendly power generation projects such as new and renewable energy and digital power plant operation fields by 2025.

To this end, they will continuously discover and promote Green New Deal tasks such as significantly expanding new and renewable energy, building smart energy cities, and campus energy efficiency projects.

Through Digital New Deal tasks such as building digital power plants with intelligent chatbot systems in the safety field and the e-Brain center, they will take the lead in safe operation and efficiency of power plants.

A task force for promoting the East-West Power-type New Deal, directly participated by President Park, will be formed to operate four divisions: social value, Green New Deal, Digital New Deal, and safety/environment.

The task force will check the progress of tasks through monthly strategic meetings.

President Park said, "We will strongly promote the East-West Power New Deal reflecting the characteristics of the energy sector by proactively responding to the Korean New Deal," adding, "Labor and management will join forces to create visible results such as securing new growth engines and job creation, and do our best to create a safe workplace."

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