Yangpyeong County Signs 2025 Collective Agreement with Government Employees' Union

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Yangpyeong County held the '2025 Collective Agreement Signing Ceremony' with the Yangpyeong County Branch (Branch Head Kim Jong-bae) of the National Government Employees' Union Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters on the 14th at the county hall conference room, and pledged to establish cooperative labor-management relations based on mutual trust.

The signing ceremony was attended by County Chief Jon Jinseon, the county's lead negotiator, along with institutional negotiators and union negotiators including Branch Head Kim Jong-bae. The event proceeded in order: progress report on collective bargaining negotiations, signing and exchange of the agreement, and commemorative photography.

The collective agreement was prepared through sufficient consultations including preliminary negotiations and main negotiations, beginning with the union's bargaining demands in November of last year, and contains various provisions for protecting union members' rights and improving working conditions.

The main contents include △enhancement of employee welfare including efforts to establish workplace childcare facilities △improvement of working conditions such as avoiding unnecessary holiday and emergency duty mobilization and securing appropriate compensation △establishment of a special holiday for the union's founding anniversary.

County Chief Jon Jinseon said, "Thanks to the union's various suggestions for advancing union members' rights and improving working conditions, the organizational atmosphere and working conditions have been further enhanced," and added, "Going forward, we will strive to improve employee welfare and working conditions through continuous communication and cooperation between labor and management."