It has been confirmed that the Ministry of Public Administration and Security has sent an official letter to metropolitan cities and provinces stating that “strong penalties such as disciplinary measures” may be imposed in relation to the government’s programmatic vote promoted by national officials union ( large union).
According to the Ministry of Labor and Public Administration and Security on the 18th, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security sent an official document to the metropolitan cities and provinces on the 16th, asking for collaboration to ban voting and adopt severe measures against illicit acts related to vote for and against the government policies of the National Union of Public Officials.
Provided by the National Union of Public Officials.
The official letter contained content such as “a vote for and against the majors’ evaluation of government policy cannot be considered legitimate union activity under the Civil Servant Union Act” and “please note that they may be imposed severe punishments such as disciplinary actions”.
Matters prohibited in the official document include “on-site and online voting information related to government political voting”, “encouraging members to vote for and against, participation in pro and against”, etc. Elements of management and supervision included “immediately rigorous measures with a principle of zero tolerance when an illegal act is discovered”.
Major unions were scheduled to hold a three-day general vote starting on the 22nd to ask for the views of union members on the policies of Yoon Seok-yeol’s government. The KCTU said it has asked public officials for their opinions on government policies, such as plans to cut civil servants, the rate of salary increases for next year, the gap in retirement income for civil servants and punishing those responsible. of the Itaewon ‘Halloween Day’ disaster, and tried to pass them on to the government.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security considered that it was possible under the Civil Servants Union Act to request an increase in the rate of pay for civil servants. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said the punishment of those responsible for the Itaewon disaster was not an improvement in the treatment of public officials, but a political act. An official from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said: “Under the current law, public officials cannot act contrary to government policy.”
In a press release issued on the afternoon of the 18th, Jeonjoonno denied that the interpretation of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security was “an arbitrary and unilateral judgment according to which there were contents extraneous to the working conditions of public officials”. “The punishment for those responsible for the Itaewon disaster is currently shifting responsibility only to lower-level positions, bringing severe self-esteem and demoralization to the public sector,” the Korean trade union said. ,” he said.
“It is an anachronistic notion that ‘the act of seeking opinions on government policy’, which is not a strike or refusal to work, is illegal,” said a union official.
