Hwaseong City and National Civil Servants' Union Hwaseong Branch Conclude Collective Agreement

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Su-won] Hwaseong City and the National Civil Servants' Union Hwaseong Branch (hereinafter referred to as the Civil Servants' Union Hwaseong Branch) concluded a collective agreement on the 11th at the situation room of Hwaseong City Hall.

The agreement ceremony was attended by 20 people, including Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-keun and Choi Tae-sung, head of the National Civil Servants' Union Hwaseong Branch, as well as negotiation committee members and union leadership.

The agreement concluded on this day marks the first collective agreement in five years since the collective bargaining agreement concluded in 2019. The main contents of the agreement include △strengthening of fair personnel system △expansion of welfare and benefit services △introduction of gender equality disclosure system △prevention and measures for workplace harassment, and other matters related to improvement of union members' working conditions and enhanced welfare.

The city and the union reached consensus on 35 items following their initial meeting last October and three subsequent working-level meetings.

Branch head Choi Tae-sung said, "This collective agreement is particularly an agreement that demonstrates balance and equality based on Hwaseong City's high gender sensitivity, notably in terms of the gender equality disclosure system and workplace harassment prevention and response provisions," and added, "Through improved working conditions, the civil service will develop and be able to provide higher-quality services to citizens."

Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-keun said, "Within the scope permitted by law and regulations, we actively accept and support the demands of the union side, and hope that this will result in improved morale among civil servants and better administrative services to citizens," and added, "Based on this collective agreement, we will make efforts to build a safe organizational culture where fairness and common sense prevail, working together with the union."