Dongkuk Steel and Dongkuk CM to Directly Employ 1,000 In-house Subcontractors

Top Priority: Worker Safety
Synergy of Technology and Human Resources

Dongkuk Steel Group's steel business units, Dongkuk Steel and Dongkuk CM, will directly employ in-house subcontracted workers.

Dongkuk Steel held a 'Special Labor-Management Agreement on Production Organization Operation' event at its Incheon plant on the 6th, and Dongkuk CM held the same event at its Busan plant, announcing that labor and management representatives reached a final agreement on the direct employment of in-house subcontracted workers.

According to this labor-management agreement, Dongkuk Steel and Dongkuk CM plan to directly employ about 1,000 in-house subcontracted workers through a special hiring process starting January 1, 2024.

Both companies' labor and management judged that the advancement of the core production organization operation is essential to respond to the uncertain management environment surrounding the steel industry and to achieve sustainable growth.

With this agreement, Dongkuk Steel and Dongkuk CM plan to respond to social demands related to industrial accident prevention and to enhance their safety management systems. Both companies intend to provide activities to foster a sense of belonging, educational program support, and harmony events so that the directly employed workers can adapt to the new environment.

On the 6th, at Dongkuk Steel's Incheon plant, Choi Sam-young, Vice President and CEO of Dongkuk Steel (second from the right in the center), and Park Sang-gyu, Chairman of the Dongkuk Steel Labor Union (second from the left in the center), along with other labor-management officials of Dongkuk Steel, are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Dongkuk Steel]

Choi Sam-young, Vice President and CEO of Dongkuk Steel, said, “An advanced production organization is essential to proactively respond to the structural changes in the steel industry,” adding, “We expect that the technology and human resources accumulated by the primary contractors and partners will create synergy.”

Park Sang-hoon, Vice President and CEO of Dongkuk CM, said, “In line with the direction of ESG management, labor and management have united to fulfill corporate social responsibility and strengthen safety management,” and added, “We believe this agreement will improve the sustainability of the production organization.”

On the 6th, at Dongkuk Steel Busan Plant, labor-management officials including Park Sang-hoon, Vice President and CEO of Dongkuk CM (second from the right in the center), and Park Sung-gyun, Chairman of the Dongkuk CM Labor Union (second from the left in the center), are taking a commemorative photo. [Photo by Dongkuk Steel]

Park Sang-gyu, Chairman of the Dongkuk Steel Labor Union, said, “Providing employment opportunities to partner companies with excellent technology can achieve employment stability and productivity improvement,” and added, “Management activities prioritizing worker safety are the path to labor-management coexistence.”

Park Sung-gyun, Chairman of the Dongkuk CM Labor Union, said, “Labor and management have left a good precedent through dialogue and compromise,” and added, “We will uphold the tradition of labor-management coexistence and contribute to the company's leap forward.”

Since the first 'Permanent No-Strike Declaration' by a labor union in the industry in 1994, Dongkuk Steel Group's labor and management have maintained a tradition of labor-management harmony by concluding wage negotiations without disputes for 30 years.

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