[Photo] 'Yoon Seok-yeol Now Turns to the Labor Sector'
Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate, is shaking hands with Han Sang-gyun, former chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, who was holding a press conference outside the building while Yoon was attending a meeting with labor representatives at the Korean Federation of Trade Unions in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 15th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@
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Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, received and listened to an explanation of the "Legislative Petition Urging the Amendment of the Labor Standards Act" from Han Sang-gyun, former chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, who was holding a press conference outside the building while Yoon was attending a meeting with labor representatives at the Korean Federation of Trade Unions in Yeouido, Seoul on the 15th. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@
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Yoon Seok-yeol, the People Power Party's presidential candidate (center front row), attended a meeting with labor representatives held by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 15th. Before the meeting began, he took a commemorative photo with attendees including Chairman Kim Dong-myeong (second from the left in the front row). Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@
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Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, attended a meeting with labor representatives held at the Korean Federation of Trade Unions in Yeouido, Seoul, on the 15th. Before the meeting began, he received a policy proposal containing labor site demands from Chairman Kim Dong-myeong. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Dong-joo] On the 15th, Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, visited the Korean Federation of Trade Unions in Yeouido, Seoul, and held a meeting with Chairman Kim Dong-myeong.
During the meeting, they discussed issues such as the minimum wage system, the 52-hour workweek, the recent major labor issue of applying the Labor Standards Act to workplaces with fewer than five employees, the public sector labor director system, and the exemption system for union full-time workers' working hours (time-off system).
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Candidate Yoon has previously claimed that the "52-hour workweek and minimum wage are unrealistic," and stated that "the Serious Accident Punishment Act sends a strong message that greatly discourages business owners' willingness to manage," revealing an anti-labor and pro-business labor perspective.
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