Superintendent Becomes School Meal Cook? ... Busan Office of Education Improves Working Conditions for Meal Service Workers

Senior officials of the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education have taken direct action to improve the working conditions of school meal workers.

Superintendent Ha Yun-su and other senior officials of the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education experienced working as kitchen staff on the 1st.

This measure is one of the school meal workers' working environment improvement plans announced on April 24, aimed at finding ways to improve working conditions through direct communication between senior officials and on-site workers.

This experience involves senior officials working alongside kitchen staff at schools with poor working conditions. Starting on the 8th at Songjeong Elementary School in Gangseo-gu and Centum Elementary School in Haeundae-gu, the relay experience of senior officials at each school will continue.

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They directly participate in the entire meal process, including inspecting ingredients, cooking, serving, and cleaning, to understand the actual working conditions of meal workers. Issues revealed during the experience will be actively reflected in future plans to improve working conditions.

Ha Yun-su, Superintendent of Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “This measure is a strong expression of our education office’s commitment to improving the working conditions of school meal workers,” adding, “We will concentrate all administrative efforts of the education office to ensure that workers can work in a comfortable environment.”

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