Chungnam Research Institute Labor Union: "Re-submission of Director Candidate to the Board is a Favoritism"

"If the resolution is overturned, it means ignoring the existence of the board... Re-tendering is necessary"

The labor union of Chungnam Research Institute is urging the board to halt the resubmission of the Chungnam Research Institute director candidate who was rejected due to a sexual harassment controversy. / Naepo = Photo by Kim Ah-young

The Korean Federation of Trade Unions Chungnam Research Institute Branch criticized the re-submission of the Chungnam Research Institute director candidate, who was rejected due to sexual harassment and power abuse controversies, to the board of directors as a special favor.

On the 25th, they held a press conference at the Chungnam Provincial Government Office and stated, "They intend to re-submit the rejected Chungnam Research Institute candidate to the board on the 28th, citing insufficient explanation from the candidate," adding, "There is no clause in the matters concerning the appointment of the director that requires giving the organization conducting the review and resolution or the candidate sufficient opportunity to explain, and this is a hiring corruption for a specific individual."

They further said, "If the resolution is overturned for reasons not stipulated in the procedures, it disregards the existence of the board of directors," and demanded, "Stop the re-submission to the board and re-open recruitment for the new director."

Earlier, they claimed that candidate A for the Chungnam Research Institute director gave employees sexual humiliation during a company dinner, received a reprimand from the Human Rights Center, but then filed false accusations of defamation against the victim and witnesses, and abused power by suppressing research activities.

Meanwhile, at the extraordinary board meeting held at the Chungnam Research Institute on the 15th, the appointment consent proposal for the Chungnam Research Institute director candidate was finally rejected.

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