"After an Accident, Another Man Next to Wife"…Construction Union's 'Low-Quality Billboard' Reported to Human Rights Commission

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] "If an accident happens, another man will be lying next to your wife and spending your compensation money."

Demanding the removal of such 'vulgar billboards' displayed at major large construction company sites, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) National Construction Workers' Union filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission on the 22nd.

The Construction Union held a press conference in front of the Human Rights Commission in Jung-gu, Seoul, in the afternoon, condemning, "It clearly reveals how construction workers are treated at places building luxury apartments and global architectural structures."

The union explained that the phrase was displayed at the Hyundai Construction Daegu Hillstate apartment construction site in 2017, the Jungheung Construction apartment site in Gyeonggi Province in 2019, and the Taeyoung Construction Busan International Art Center site in 2021.

The union stated, "The background is the construction companies' vulgar view of labor, low-level perspective on women, and shameless attitude toward safety," urging, "Construction companies must properly recognize the value of construction workers' sweat and effort."

On the same day, the union also released the results of a perception survey conducted on 783 young union members in their 20s and 30s. The most common thought upon seeing the vulgar billboards was 'It feels like construction workers are being disrespected,' at 45.1%. Responses such as 'I feel self-disgust' (8.4%) and 'There is a problem of gender discrimination' (4.7%) followed.

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