Yeongdeok-gun Successfully Concludes Collective Agreement with Public Service Workers' Union

Building Exemplary Labor-Management Relations

Expectations for Establishing a Win-Win Labor Culture

Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, held the '2023 Yeongdeok-gun-National Democratic Union of Labor Collective Agreement Signing Ceremony' on the 8th at the first conference room of the county office.

Yeongdeok County - National Democratic Labor Union Yeongdeok Branch 2023 Collective Agreement Signing Ceremony.

About 20 people attended the signing ceremony, including County Governor Kim Gwang-yeol, Do Myeong-hwa, Senior Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Union of Labor, Ham Dong-seong, Head of the Yeongdeok Branch of the National Democratic Union of Labor, and other executives. The event proceeded with the introduction of negotiation committee members from both sides, progress reports, greetings from the chief negotiators, and signing of the collective agreement.

This collective agreement is significant as it is the first agreement concluded since the launch of the new 8th elected administration, following the initial collective agreement signed between Yeongdeok-gun and the National Democratic Union of Labor in 2017.

The two parties began with a courtesy meeting in February and conducted several rounds of practical and main negotiations to reach this agreement. The key points of the agreement include expanding sick leave and special leave, extending parental leave periods, introducing an annual leave savings system, and improving the method of calculating continuous service years after mid-term retirement pay settlement, focusing on improving working conditions, enhancing members' rights, and strengthening welfare benefits.

Governor Kim Gwang-yeol stated, “Since this agreement was reached through continuous communication, we will do our best to ensure that the terms of the agreement are faithfully implemented,” and added, “I hope that a labor-management culture of coexistence and cooperation will be achieved through ongoing dialogue and compromise between labor and management.”

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