1. ELC launches its Subcommittee on the Promotion of Tripartite Dialogue On 14th February, the Environment & Labor Committee (ELC) of the National Assembly launched its Subcommittee on the Promotion of Tripartite Dialogue (hereinafter “the Subcommittee”) and selected the tripartite representatives… Continue Reading
The Labor Market Structure Improvement Committee under the Economic & Social Development Commission (ESDC) formed an expert group for discussions on the 5 agenda items and 14 specific tasks for structural reforms of the labor market in the Framework… Continue Reading
The Korea Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) held a Central Executive Committee meeting on 7th January, and concluded its new anti-government action plans which include protests against the government’s public institution reforms and campaigns to oust President Park. <Table 1>… Continue Reading
The Federation of Korean Trade Unions held its 25th electoral convention on 22nd January 2014, electing Mr. Dong-man Kim as new President. Mr. Jin-kuk Moon outpaced Mr. Kim by 168 votes in the first round of voting (which saw no… Continue Reading
On 29 December 2014, the Ministry of Employment and Labor announced ’Comprehensive Measures of Non-Regular Workers’. The Ministry asked Special Committee on Labor Market Structure Improvement under Economic Social Development Commission (ESDC) to make official discussion on the measures. The… Continue Reading
The Labor Market Structure Improvement Committee under the Economic and Social Development Commission (ESDC) reached a framework agreement on the principles & direction of labor market reform after long discussions to the end of December last year. The draft agreement… Continue Reading
1. FKTU gears up for leadership election After dealing with issues on revision of the time-off manual, increasing time-off limits and reorganization of the labor-management cooperation fund, the FKTU is expected to gear up for its leadership election scheduled for… Continue Reading