Last January, a press conference was held in front of the main gate of the Supreme Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul, raising the unfairness of claims for compensation for Hyundai Motor Company’s non-regular union members and urging a ban on compensation bombs. Reporter Kim Hye-yoon unique@hani.co.kr
A survey showed that 7 out of 10 office workers agree to the revision of Article 2 of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (Union Act), which broadens the concept of employer and imposes employer responsibility on the main contractor who actually determines the working conditions of subcontracted workers. Workplace Gapjil 119 commissioned Embrain Public, a public opinion polling agency, from the 2nd to the 10th and surveyed 1,000 office workers aged 19 or older across the country. The results were released on the 17th (sampling error ±3.1% points at 95% confidence level). , 71.9% of respondents responded that they agreed with the amendment to Article 2 of the Trade Union Act, which aims to strengthen the responsibility of the main contractor as an employer. The amendment to Articles 2 and 3 of the Trade Union Act, which expands the scope of employers for indirectly employed workers and restricts companies’ indiscriminate claims for damages and provisional seizures in response to workers’ strikes, is also called the ‘Yellow Envelope Act’. Regarding the exercise of the presidential veto on the amendment to the Trade Union Act, more than twice as many responses (44.4%) said that it should not be exercised than those that said it should be exercised (20.6%). President Yoon has hinted at exercising the right to request reconsideration (veto) if the amendment to the Trade Union Act passes the plenary session of the National Assembly. Dissatisfaction with the government’s labor policy was also high. Regarding the current government’s response to labor-management relations, 59.6% of respondents said they thought it was ‘harsh on workers.’ On the other hand, only 10.6% of respondents said that it was ‘harsh on users’. Eight out of 10 people (79.0%) evaluated that the current government is carrying out labor and job policies incorrectly. Regarding the results of this survey, Cho Yeon-min, a lawyer for Workplace Gapjil 119, said, “In the cycle of subcontracting, subcontracting, and even multi-level subcontracting that is difficult to accurately count, irregular workers who are in the blind spot of labor rights do not know who should be held accountable when they are treated unfairly. “It is difficult to know,” he said. “(The survey results) show that a social consensus has been formed that although the main office has great control in the labor reality of our society, it is avoiding corresponding labor law responsibilities.” The ‘Yellow Envelope Act’ (amendment to Articles 2 and 3 of the Trade Union Act), which guarantees the three labor rights by expanding the scope of employers and limiting indiscriminate claims for damages, was submitted to the plenary session of the National Assembly led by the opposition party on June 30. . The ruling and opposition parties held a plenary session of the extraordinary National Assembly last August, but were unable to narrow their differences on the yellow envelope law and postponed its handling until the regular National Assembly in September. Reporter Jang Hyeon-eun mix@hani.co.kr
2023-09-17 05:10:30
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