The Daejeon headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions urges the abolition of the Ministry of Employment and Labor's enforcement ordinance and interpretation guidelines that block primary contract negotiations.

On the 7th, the Daejeon Regional Headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions urged, “Abolish the enforcement ordinance and interpretation guidelines of the Ministry of Employment and Labor that block primary contract negotiations.”

They held a press conference in front of the Daejeon Regional Employment and Labor Office on this day and said, "The revised Labor Union Act (Yellow Envelope Act), which imposes collective bargaining obligations on large companies that use subcontracted workers, went into effect on March 10, but currently, less than 10% of workplaces are conducting primary contract negotiations."

At the same time, he criticized, “The government is complicating the negotiation process with an enforcement ordinance that forces unification of windows that is not mandated by law, and is interfering with primary contract negotiations by creating interpretive guidelines that deny the user rights of public sector employers. The Yellow Envelope Act should guarantee the rights of subcontracted workers, but the government is actually interfering with the enforcement of the law.”

Regarding the 'Implementation Guidelines for Labor Disputes, including Management Performance Pay', which stated that the labor union's 'request for performance bonus of N% of operating profit' cannot be considered a subject of mandatory negotiation or mediation or industrial action, it was also said, "It is a toxic administrative guideline that directly violates the purpose of the revised Trade Union Act and infringes on the three labor rights of the Constitution."

They also expressed concern about the mega special zone law promoted by the government, saying, "It includes labor reforms such as expansion of dispatched industries, establishment of new occupations excluded from the 52-hour workweek system, change in the calculation period of the selective working hour system, and extension of the period of use for fixed-term workers. It is not limited to mega special zones, but is likely to spread to all industries and entire regions."