Gwangju City Promotes 'Happy Apartment Creation Win-Win Agreement'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 15th that it will promote the ‘Creating Happy Apartments Win-Win Agreement’ to improve the employment environment of apartment management workers and spread a culture of respecting labor rights.

Following last year’s agreement with 28 apartments, this year the goal is to sign win-win agreements with more than 30 apartments.

The win-win agreement involves resident representatives, apartment workers such as security guards and cleaners, and the Gwangju City Non-Regular Workers Support Center.

Residents of the contracted apartments guarantee respect for labor rights and employment to management workers, the workers perform public duties and provide quality services, and Gwangju City will conduct regular labor rights education, labor counseling, and win-win campaigns to improve the labor environment.

Apartments that excel in implementing the agreement will be selected and rewarded with three places each in the first and second halves of the year, and supplies to improve the labor environment will also be supported.

The selection of excellent apartments will be made by inspecting apartments that have passed six months since the agreement was signed, checking for improvements in employment methods, working conditions, and worker rest areas.

In May of last year, Gwangju City signed a ‘Win-Win Agreement for Protecting Labor Rights of Apartment Management Workers and Creating Happy Apartments’ with the Gwangju branch of the Korea Apartment Residents Representatives Association, the Gwangju branch of the Korea Housing Managers Association, and the Bitgoeul Security Guards Association to protect the rights of workers in multi-family housing who are in human rights blind spots and to establish a cooperative housing culture.

Currently, more than 12,000 elderly security guards, cleaners, and other management workers are working in Gwangju City.

For inquiries about the Creating Happy Apartments Win-Win Agreement, please contact the Gwangju City Non-Regular Workers Support Center.

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