Jeonnam Education Office Union Demands Filling Vacancies Citing "Worst Working Conditions" for General Staff

The Jeonnam Office of Education Public Officials Union held a press conference on the 8th in front of the Provincial Office of Education, urging the filling of vacancies for general staff positions.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeollanam-do Office of Education Public Officials Labor Union (Jeonnam Education Union) strongly urged on the 8th in front of the main gate of the Jeonnam Office of Education, "Fill the vacancies of general public officials and resolve the relative deprivation."

At the press conference on the day, the Jeonnam Education Union demanded, "Superintendent Jang Seok-woong should immediately plan to fill the 338 vacancies of general public officials and resolve the vacancies to enable stable student education and school operation."

The union asserted ▲ immediate filling of 338 general staff vacancies ▲ abolition of personnel policies focused on environmental hygiene tasks ▲ reassignment of auxiliary personnel to specialized administrative areas ▲ equal treatment without discrimination against general staff ▲ allocation of current staff according to workload.

They continued, "The vacancies of general public officials in the provincial office of education have been neglected for over 10 years, with one out of every three schools having vacancies compared to the number of schools, making the working conditions at schools the worst," and pointed out, "The organizational restructuring, which emphasized student and school support functions, only increased the headcount at the headquarters without increasing field staff, rendering Superintendent Jang's policy of 'not giving up on a single child' meaningless."

They also criticized, "Over the past 10 years since the implementation of the resident-elected superintendent system, general staff have been excluded from major policies and discriminated against through attempts to consolidate and abolish education office administrative offices, teacher workload reduction policies without increasing personnel, unilateral organizational restructuring, and being burdened with environmental hygiene tasks."

They urged again, "Superintendent Jang should correct the personnel and organization that have degraded general staff to assistants of specific personnel under the pretext of education and reassign them to areas requiring specialized administration," and "prepare and immediately implement drastic policies such as personnel, organization, and treatment improvements to boost the morale of general staff who are suffering from relative deprivation."

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