Yangpyeong County Receives Ministry of Interior and Safety Minister's Commendation for 'Excellent Public Sector Labor-Management Culture'

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong reporter] Yangpyeong County and the Yangpyeong County branch of the Korea Government Employees Union were selected as excellent administrative agencies in the Ministry of Interior and Safety's '2024 Excellent Public Sector Labor-Management Culture Certification System' evaluation and received the minister's commendation and certification plaque on the 12th.

The 'Excellent Public Sector Labor-Management Culture Certification System' is a program that identifies, certifies, and commends excellent institutions that exemplarily practice desirable labor-management practices and lead rational labor-management culture. Institutions are selected through a total of three rounds of evaluation including documentary review, on-site inspection, and face-to-face review conducted by an evaluation committee composed of labor-management relations experts (professors, researchers, lawyers, etc.).

In the evaluation, Yangpyeong County was recognized for advancing civil servants' rights and welfare, including establishing accommodations for new employees, improving irrational practices, and promoting organizational culture innovation, as well as efforts to establish communication channels with union members through joint labor-management workshops and labor-management meetings.

Additionally, the Yangpyeong County civil servants' union was highly evaluated for its tireless efforts to contribute to the local community, including organ donation registration campaigns, blood donation campaigns, delivery of donations for sharing happiness, and donations for the 'Warmth of Love' fundraiser to support vulnerable populations in Yangpyeong County.

Kim Jong-bae, branch chief of the Yangpyeong County union, said, "Based on the participation and unity of our members, we will work to elevate the value of labor," and added, "We will do our utmost to advance civil servants' rights to ensure that public sector workers can be guaranteed a happy life."

County Governor Jeon Jin-seon stated, "As a former civil servant, I understand the difficulties of our employees, and I will continue to cooperate with the union to improve working conditions for civil servants," and said, "We will work to make Yangpyeong the most advanced region in labor-management culture nationwide."