Hwaseong Labor-Management-Government Consultative Body Discusses Protection of Vulnerable Workers' Rights

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] The Hwaseong Labor-Management-Government Consultative Body (Chair: Hwaseong Mayor Seo Chul-mo) held a regular meeting on the 14th at the Hwaseong Workers' Comprehensive Welfare Center with 12 committee members in attendance and discussed measures to protect the rights and interests of vulnerable workers.

The attendees decided to establish the "Hwaseong Emotional Labor Workers' Rights Protection Committee" following the enactment of the "Ordinance on the Protection of Emotional Labor Workers in Hwaseong City" on December 31 last year, and to implement ▲development of plans for the protection of emotional labor workers and creation of a sound labor culture ▲establishment of standards for protected emotional labor workers ▲rights protection projects, and other initiatives.

The council also selected key projects for this year including the operation of Hwaseong's Labor Safety Watchdog, workforce training education for construction workers, joint labor-management-government workshops, and applications for Gyeonggi Province's community-participation labor cooperation projects, and committed to taking the lead in improving blind spots in basic labor rights.

In particular, the Labor Safety Watchdog will conduct activities at construction sites and worksites in the city for safety inspections, industrial accident prevention, and promotion of industrial safety and health culture, including unannounced safety inspections and guidance at construction sites, patrol inspections in coordination with the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency for sites failing to comply with safety rules, and other related activities.

Mayor Seo Chul-mo of Hwaseong said, "We will spare no support for vulnerable workers in areas that we have overlooked thus far and will do our utmost to create a safe workplace free of industrial accidents where labor is respected and where workers can work with pride."