Gyeonggi Province Holds Disciplinary Review for 44 CCGEU Strike Participants

Gyeonggi Province held a personnel committee meeting on the 23rd to review disciplinary measures for 44 of the 94 provincial civil servants who participated in the strike by the Korean Confederation of Civil Service Labor Unions (CCGEU). The province's personnel committee individually summoned the disciplinary targets and conducted a 9-hour review after hearing appeals.

The 44 disciplinary targets reviewed by the provincial personnel committee include: ▲2 from the Province ▲8 from Suwon ▲5 from Goyang ▲7 from Anyang ▲2 from Pyeongtak ▲2 from Gwangmyeong ▲1 from Gunpo ▲2 from Hwaseong ▲1 from Pocheon ▲9 from Osan ▲5 from Gwacheon.

The provincial personnel committee decided to determine and announce the disciplinary levels for the strike participants who attended on the 23rd once the review of remaining disciplinary targets is complete.

A personnel committee official stated, "In some cities and counties, only some of the full heavy-disciplinary targets were reviewed at today's personnel committee meeting. We decided to defer the decision due to the need to consider the remaining municipalities and disciplinary levels for relevant civil servants."

The provincial personnel committee plans to hold a separate second personnel committee meeting next week to finalize disciplinary levels for the remaining review targets.

The second round of disciplinary review targets include: ▲5 from Bucheon ▲7 from Siheung ▲15 from Ansan ▲4 from Hanam ▲10 from Gwacheon ▲6 from Gwangmyeong ▲3 from Goyang, totaling 50 officials.

Meanwhile, timed with the provincial personnel committee's review on the 23rd, approximately 500 members of labor organizations including the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions held a three-hour rally in front of the Gyeonggi Province Government building, demanding "the unjust disciplinary measures be withdrawn" and asserting that "the civil service general strike for securing labor's three rights and reforming the public sector is justified."

On the day, police deployed personnel around the personnel committee area and controlled access in preparation for any contingencies.