Anyang City to Continue Mutual Prosperity and Cooperation with Labor Unions This Year…Building Stable Labor-Management Relations

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yu Je-sung] Anyang City announced on the 26th that it plans to position labor unions as important partners in municipal administration and build stable labor-management relations this year through continuous communication and consultation.

The city plans to pursue improvements in working conditions and welfare promotion through ongoing consultation with labor unions, and to enhance administrative efficiency by promoting institutional improvements including the introduction of an artificial intelligence (AI) on-call duty system and the establishment of a new childcare hour work-substitution allowance.

The introduction of the artificial intelligence (AI) on-call duty system is aimed at alleviating the burden of on-call duty work and improving working conditions in line with the government's "Five Major Tasks to Revitalize Public Sector Vitality." The city plans to introduce an AI-based civil petition response on-call duty system, conduct pilot operations, and improve the on-call duty system.

The childcare hour work-substitution allowance is a system that provides allowance to employees who substitute for the work of employees using childcare hours for 20 hours or more per month. It is being promoted to boost the morale of work-substitution employees and contribute to improving the birth rate through the creation of a childbirth-friendly working environment.

The Korean Government Employees Union Anyang City Branch (hereinafter "union") was launched in 2004 and concluded its first collective agreement in 2008. In 2019, it concluded a second collective agreement that supplemented the existing agreement.

Currently, collective bargaining requested in August 2025 is ongoing for the improvement of working conditions and organizational development, and labor-management harmony workshops are held annually.

Additionally, union flags are being hoisted permanently. Among the 252 branches of the Korean Government Employees Union, only three branches—the Anyang City Branch, Ulsan Buk-gu Office Branch, and Goheung County Branch—permanently hoist union flags.

In particular, Anyang City has built mutual trust through regular collective bargaining and periodic consultations, and as a result, maintains stable labor-management relations without major conflicts. In 2022, it also established the Anyang City Labor Rights Center, the nation's first non-profit incorporated association, to protect the human rights of workers in the Anyang region and improve the labor environment.

An official from the Anyang City Branch said, "Through continuous dialogue and consultation with the city, we are working together not only to protect the rights and interests of union members, but also to improve administrative services for citizens."

Anyang Mayor Choi Dae-ho said, "Building labor-management relations based on mutual prosperity and cooperation with unions enables responsible administration and ultimately creates a positive cycle that enhances the quality of administrative services felt by citizens. We will continue to maintain mature labor-management relations based on trust and communication going forward."