Jae-yeon Kim, Progressive Party Presidential Candidate, "Special Act on Construction Safety Must Be Enacted"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 14th, Kim Jae-yeon, the Progressive Party presidential candidate, stated, "It is urgent to enact a Special Act on Construction Safety to prevent industrial accidents."

On the same day, after conducting a safety inspection at an apartment construction site near Deokgye Station in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, Candidate Kim said, "We must change the reality where construction workers frequently suffer from on-site accidents."

Candidate Kim emphasized, "It is important to properly amend the Serious Accident Punishment Act to protect workers' safety and to address the severe subcontracting issues in construction sites." He urged the enactment of the 'Special Act on Construction Safety,' stating, "The subcontracting problem is the main cause of rushing dangerous tasks and the proliferation of poor working conditions."

As a presidential pledge, Candidate Kim has proposed the 'Three Industrial Safety Acts,' including the enactment of the Special Act on Construction Safety to guarantee the safety of construction workers. In particular, the Special Act on Construction Safety stipulates safety management responsibilities for all parties involved?clients, designers, constructors, and supervisors?and aims to prevent key factors of industrial accidents such as cost-cutting and shortened construction periods caused by multi-level subcontracting.

Candidate Kim plans to present urgent legislative proposals to on-site workers through outreach labor activities at places such as school cafeterias in the future.

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