Ministry of Education, Nationwide Education Offices, and School Irregular Workers Solidarity Meeting Open Collective Wage Negotiations

The Ministry of Education, 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide, and the National School Irregular Workers' Solidarity held a collective wage negotiation opening ceremony on the 8th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] On the 8th, the Ministry of Education, 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide, and the National School Irregular Workers Solidarity held the '2020 Collective (Wage) Bargaining Opening Ceremony' at the Secretariat of the Council of Superintendents of Metropolitan and Provincial Offices of Education.

The opening ceremony was attended by about 40 people, including Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongnam Office of Education and representative of the collective (wage) bargaining, main negotiation committee members from the labor union side, and negotiation committee members from the Ministry of Education and metropolitan and provincial offices of education.

The National School Irregular Workers Solidarity demanded a 5% increase in basic salary, increases in longevity allowance, regular bonuses, and holiday vacation pay, as well as the establishment and increase of allowances by job category as their 2020 collective (wage) bargaining demands.

The Ministry of Education, 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education, and the National School Irregular Workers Solidarity plan to hold weekly practical negotiations starting with this opening ceremony to find common ground on the 2020 collective (wage) bargaining demands.

Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Gyeongnam Provincial Office of Education and representative negotiator, said in his greeting, "Collective (wage) bargaining has been ongoing for four years since it first started in 2017," and added, "I hope that this year as well, based on mutual trust and cooperation, reasonable negotiations will lead to a smooth and mature outcome."

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