[단독] Building union anti-discrimination banner: “Let residents, not foreigners, work”

On the sixth, a banner was held on the street in entrance of the Seoul Metropolitan Schooling Workplace in Jongno-gu, Seoul, saying, “Let residents, not foreigners, work in buildings constructed with cash taxpayers.” Reporter Seong Dong-hoon

The development union Confederation of Commerce Unions (KCTU) hung a placard that could possibly be interpreted as a requirement to ban the employment of migrant employees in government-funded building, however determined to take the placard on go away after receiving criticism.

It was confirmed on the sixth that the North Seoul Gyeonggi Building Department of the Building Union not too long ago put up placards in some areas of Seoul with the phrase, “Let residents, not foreigners, work in buildings which was constructed with taxpayers’ cash.”

The locations to publish the placards are Jongno-gu, the place the Seoul Metropolitan Schooling Workplace is situated, and Yongsan-gu, the place the brand new workplace constructing of the Seoul Metropolitan Schooling Workplace will probably be situated. The brand new constructing, which started on the third of 2022, is focused for completion throughout the yr.

The development union has been elevating the difficulty that the employment of undocumented migrant employees is rampant at building websites throughout the nation, leaving no room for native employees. The posting of this placard can also be an extension of elevating this situation.

Lawyer Common Cho Younger-kwan, head of the ‘Buddies’ Heart for Migrants, mentioned, “The way in which to precise civil complaints arises from job insecurity amongst area employees on placards not solely make it tough to attain the aim of defending the labor marketplace for Koreans. , nevertheless it additionally leaves a unfavorable prejudice in opposition to migrant employees “There are considerations,” he mentioned.

Relating to the explanation for placing up the document, an official from the Seoul Gyeonggi North Building Department mentioned, “About 80% of the employees on the building web site are foreigners. “I am not saying you should not use foreigners, however I need you to make use of a minimum of 30 to 40% Koreans,” he mentioned. A building union official mentioned, “After ‘medication’ of the federal government, union members have been pushed out of the sphere and the employment of undocumented migrant employees elevated, resulting in aggressive area protests.”

This isn’t the primary time that the development union’s angle in direction of migrant employees has been controversial. Final December 27, the Daegu Gyeongbuk Building Department held a rally in entrance of the Daegu Immigration Workplace to name for a crackdown on illegally employed migrant employees, criticize the immigration workplace, and safety for the native folks.’

When civil society teams corresponding to migrant labor motion teams and the Attorneys for a Democratic Society raised considerations about this, Yang Kyung-soo, chairman of the Confederation of Commerce Unions, issued a press release in early February and mentioned a state of affairs that there was hatred in opposition to immigrants. employees should cease. Chairman Yang mentioned, “We are going to make particular and various efforts to turn out to be a Commerce Union Confederation for all employees by respecting migrant employees as members of the neighborhood and placing cease hating, which can’t be another.”

The Confederation of Commerce Unions mentioned it was inappropriate to publish this card as properly. Jeon Ho-il, a spokesman for the Confederation of Commerce Unions, mentioned in a telephone name with a reporter that day, “The textual content on the desk contradicts the content material of the chairman’s assertion in February -last yr,” and “he requested to take acceptable measures relating to the flag.” “The development union accepted this and determined to take down the placard,” he mentioned.