Representative Yang Hyang-ja: "A Company That Values People Is a First-Class Company"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Yang Hyangja, a member of the National Assembly (Democratic Party of Korea·Gwangju Seo-gu Eul), advised Samsung, saying, "A first-class company like Samsung must also have a first-class attitude toward its workers."

On the 31st, through her personal SNS, Rep. Yang offered words of comfort and apology to workers regarding reports that "Samsung Electronics Gwangju Plant workers are unable to apply for industrial accident medical care even when they develop chronic illnesses during work."

Rep. Yang began by saying, "It is even more heartbreaking that such things happened at Samsung, where I came from, and in Gwangju, where I grew up."

She continued, "I commuted to Samsung for 30 years and lived as a semiconductor technical worker for 28 years," adding, "There were many days when I worked more than 15 hours, and I sometimes felt dizzy and vomited due to overexertion to meet schedules."

She then stated, "At the time, I took it for granted, but that is not something to be accepted as normal," and insisted, "The corporate culture where workers endure must end with my generation."

She said, "The first-class company Samsung was built on the pride of workers who aimed to make Samsung number one, and the nearly 30 years of unrivaled world No.1 memory semiconductor technological hegemony was possible because of the blood and sweat of technical workers who risked their lives," adding, "If a company cannot even properly handle industrial accident cases, how can workers have any pride?"

Rep. Yang added, "If Samsung is a first-class company, its attitude toward workers must also be first-class," and said, "A company's competitiveness comes from the dignity of labor. A company that values people is a first-class company."

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