Goheung-gun Signs Wage and Collective Agreement with Public Solidarity Labor Union

A Family in Goheung-gun Strengthening Labor-Management Win-Win and Harmony

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 21st, Jeonnam Goheung-gun announced that on the 18th, it signed the 2020 wage and collective agreement with the Public Solidarity Labor Union, a single labor union for public officials, at the Palyongsan Hall inside the government office.

Sixteen people attended the signing ceremony, including Deputy Governor Jeong Sangdong and Public Solidarity Labor Union Chairman Lee Younghoon. The agreement was reached after six rounds of practical negotiations and consultations, starting with a preliminary meeting in June.

The main contents of the collective agreement include ▲guaranteeing the union's delegate meeting time ▲expanding working hour exemptions ▲allowing union officials to participate in disciplinary committees to ensure union activities, and ▲improving employee welfare by guaranteeing paid sick leave ▲disaster compensation ▲expanding childcare leave and special leave for family events.

In wage negotiations, sanitation workers focused on increasing the base salary by including the physical training allowance in the base pay, while road maintenance workers received a significant raise to adequately compensate the value of their labor.

Additionally, general public officials established a reasonable wage system across seven items, including base salary and job group allowances.

Deputy Governor Jeong Sangdong stated, “We consider the Public Solidarity Labor Union a valuable partner in county administration, and we hope that by working together, communicating with each other, a progressive and exemplary labor-management culture can be established for the development of the county.”

Public Solidarity Labor Union Chairman Lee Younghoon responded, “We express our gratitude to the Goheung-gun officials who made difficult decisions to improve the treatment of public officials, and public workers will voluntarily and actively cooperate for the development of the county administration.”

A county official said, “This negotiation is expected to greatly improve the working conditions of public officials and help boost morale. As one family of Goheung-gun, we hope the atmosphere of labor-management coexistence and harmony continues, and we will work closely with the labor union to establish a more rational and systematic wage system.”

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