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The reason why the tripartite agreement was canceled today (1st) is because there was a big difference in view among the members of the KCTU over the agreed terms.

Reporter Hee-won Je will explain in detail what is considered insufficient in the agreement.

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strongest objection to the tripartite agreement was the relatively weaker irregular workers.

It is that there are no specific provisions in the agreement, such as prohibition of dismissal and livelihoods for the vulnerable.

On the contrary, he pointed out that there are many provisions to tolerate disadvantages, such as shortening working hours, actively working on leave, and swiftly approving reductions in leave allowances.


On the other hand, the key requirement, banning dismissal, was expressed as a'effort level' without legal or institutional coercion.

[Hun-Ho Cha/Chief of the Metal Workers' Union Asahibi Regular Office: The phrases are all abstract. 'The effort.' What does this mean?]

Companies are provided with a 40 trillion won long-term industry stabilization fund, and there are complaints that the government's target for expanding employment insurance is far less than those without unemployment insurance or workers with special employment.

In this type of agreement, the weakest link, non-regular workers, is a claim that they will only share pain, such as suspensions and wage cuts.

[Kim Sue-kuk/Non-regular Workers' Joint Struggle: The majority of non-regular workers outside the union are being fired countless times, and there is no action or promise for such dismissal in this agreement.]

However, the KCTU first proposed a one-point tripartite dialogue. Even if the leadership was somewhat abstract, it had to emphasize the meaning of the agreement itself.

[Kim Myung-hwan/Democratic Union Chairperson: I hope you don't use the expression Yahab. If you need to confirm the details of the (labor-management agreement) process, I will prepare it and release it at any time by the KCTU.]

There is also a time to interpret this ruin as a quarrel between the leader Kim Myung-hwan and Kang Kyung-pa, who is in the midst of the expiration of his term in December. .

(Video coverage: Park Seung-won·Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Jae-sung Lee) 

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