Gangnam-gu with an Annual Budget of 1.8 Trillion Won, Can't Even Replace Desks Worth Tens of Thousands of Won?

Integrated Union Gangnam-gu Office Branch Recalls Incident on 30th Where Parking Enforcement Team Leader Hospitalized After Being Struck by Golf Club Wielded by Complainant; Criticizes Lack of Replacement for Table with Clear Golf Club Marks on Union Bulletin Board

A post on the Gangnam-gu Office Integrated Labor Union bulletin board is once again drawing attention from employees.

The Gangnam-gu Integrated Labor Union (Chairman Kang Yong-woon) posted on the bulletin board on the 30th, saying, "Everyone remembers the incident on the 8th of last month when the head of the Parking Enforcement Team in the Parking Management Division of Gangnam-gu Office was hospitalized after being hit by a golf club wielded by a complainant," criticizing the General Affairs Division's complacent response.

The union stated, "The problem is that even though almost a month has passed since the incident, the table with nine clear golf club marks has not been replaced. Even in a simple traffic accident, one would shudder every time passing by the spot, but today, the Parking Management Division staff continue consultations sitting at that very table, regardless of the trauma," criticizing the situation.

Damaged desk of the Gangnam-gu Office Parking Management Department

Gangnam-gu Office, a wealthy district office with an annual budget reaching 1.8 trillion won, is trembling over replacing a table worth only a few hundred thousand won, and the relevant department blamed the inability to replace it on the lack of asset acquisition funds.

They continued, "The district chief visited the hospital, and the Administrative Director and General Affairs Manager visited the department, briefly raising hopes by requesting the establishment of a consultation room, partition replacement, and table purchase, but were properly rebuffed," adding, "Today, a similar complainant also shook up the Parking Management Division and left," appealing for understanding.

They lamented that environmental improvements seem to require someone to suffer before they are completed.

The union expressed regret, saying, "We have always emphasized that prevention is more important than the incident itself, and even more important is how to respond after the incident, but it seems that the high-level officials in the main building have no interest whatsoever in the lives of the incompetent annex staff."

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