Sim Sang-jung Visits Ulsan: "Four-Day Workweek and New Labor Special Zone"

Fostering as a Hub for Green Mobility

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Sim Sang-jung, the presidential candidate of the Justice Party, visited Ulsan on the 17th and appealed for support, saying, "Please open the path to a welfare state with a four-day workweek starting from Ulsan."

On the day, Sim emphasized that she is the candidate representing workers while campaigning at Sinjeong Market and in front of Hyundai Motor's Ulsan plant.

Sim added, "I will make Ulsan a special labor zone leading the four-day workweek and new labor laws, and foster Ulsan as a central region for the green mobility industry to realize the plan of supplying 10,000 electric vehicles by 2030."

Earlier that morning, Sim attended a policy agreement ceremony with the Shipbuilding Industry Union Solidarity Council at the main gate of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan and held a meeting with the Metal Workers' Union Hyundai Heavy Industries branch.

At this meeting, they promised to resolve the unfair sale issue of Daewoo Shipbuilding, establish a social safety net and secure the livelihood of shipbuilding industry workers, and build a labor-government consultative body to discuss the development plans for the shipbuilding industry.

Sim criticized both Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Seok-youl, saying, "The candidate of the main opposition party is moving beyond anti-worker sentiment to labor hatred. The ruling party acts as if all workers' votes are theirs and fails to present proper labor policies."

She appealed, "I hope our shipbuilding workers, who have led democratic labor movements, will make this presidential election not a regression to a labor backward country but a leap to a labor-advanced country where labor is dignified."

During her visit to Ulsan, Sim also emphasized the four-day workweek and 100% compensation for self-employed losses, requesting workers' support. In her campaign, she said, "We will realize a just industrial and job transition through industrial restructuring and job security," and "I will revise the loss compensation law to achieve 100% compensation."

Sim also continued her criticism of the current two-party system, stressing, "I will firmly stop South Korea's regression and surely achieve political change beyond the two-party system."

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