Progressive Party Candidate Kim Ju-eop for Gwangju Mayor "Will Establish a Labor Deputy Mayor Position"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Kim Ju-eop, the Progressive Party candidate for mayor of Gwangju, announced labor policies titled ‘GwangjuUP as a Progressive?Labor City’ on May 1st, the 132nd World Labor Day, and promised, “We will create a Gwangju where working people are respected, and where they can go to work in the morning and return safely to their families in the evening.”

Candidate Kim stated, “All working people in Gwangju must be respected and live properly for the livelihood of the people to thrive. People should be able to make a living by working only 8 hours without worrying about death from overwork due to long working hours. Everyone should be guaranteed workers’ rights without discrimination and enjoy the right to work in a safe workplace. We will establish a ‘Labor Deputy Mayor’ position to empower workers to directly take the lead in creating a city where labor is respected.”

Kim emphasized, “One of Gwangju’s urgent issues is jobs. Gwangju has the highest youth suicide rate. It breaks my heart that the cause is economic poverty. I will create a Gwangju where youth and working people want to live.”

His ‘GwangjuUP as a Progressive?Labor City!’ pledges include ▲creating 30,000 jobs with a direct mayoral employment annual salary of 40 million KRW ▲establishing the Labor Deputy Mayor position ▲full expansion of the living wage ▲regularization of public sector jobs and abolition of private consignment ▲introduction of citizen verification (hearing) system for public institution heads ▲implementation of joint government (coalition administration) ▲realization of resident sovereignty and activation of public deliberation.

Labor pledges by sector include ▲establishment of a comprehensive support center for self-employed businesses ▲providing unemployment benefits to part-time workers and job preparation allowances to job seekers ▲establishment of comprehensive welfare centers for workers by district (industrial complex) ▲rest areas for industrial accident workers and workers’ families ▲replacement of restrooms in small and medium-sized businesses in Hanam Industrial Complex ▲application of Gwangju’s living wage to all public institutions ▲support for the wage difference between minimum wage and living wage for businesses with fewer than 10 employees ▲expansion of full-day care systems ▲improvement of treatment for care workers and childcare teachers ▲full implementation of labor education in elementary, middle, and high schools ▲creating schools without irregular workers ▲and ordinances supporting citizen labor education.

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