We, working women demands for the creation of a happy society : Making a MOU regarding women workers' issues for 19th general election
- On March 7, 2012, KWWA, KWTU and SWWA and Seoul branch of KWTU made a MOU regarding women workers' issues for 19th general election, with DUP and UPP.


On March 7, 2012 at 11am the KWWA and the KWTU made a MOU regarding women workers' pledges for the 19th general election with the DUP and the UPP. NanYoon Insoon, a member of supreme council (DUP) and Yoo Eui-sun, chairperson of women's committee (UPP) joined together and promised they would do their best to realize 21 policy tasks in the 3 policy areas.

"My wage is less than 1,000,000 won even though I work more than 10 years"

On that day, Park Gapsoon, a dispatched cleaning worker working at the Sogang University made a comment of dispatched women workers' reality. She said her wage was less than 1,000,000 won in spite of her 10 year career. She said she wanted to be a firm women worker, strongly demanding the regulation of the minimum wage at 50% of average monthly wages.


"I am put the bridle of a self employer not a worker although I have been working more than 10 years"

Kim Eun-sook, a 88CC gold caddy having fought against unfair dismissal for 4 years, shed her tears, saying that nothing can be done so far although 10 years have passed since the legislation of the protection for specially employed workers were discussed. She called for the legal reform in the 19th term National Assembly that specially employed workers should be protected as workers escaping from the bridle of self employers. Additionally, Lee Myungsun, a home care worker demanded that the Labor Standard Act should be reformed for in-house workers to have the right to work and join employment insurance.

Hwang Young-mi, president of the KWTU and Jeong Moon Ja, chairperson of the KWWA urged the two political parties to have mutual cooperation to fulfill 3ㆍ6ㆍ9 campaign (9 policy tasks of 6 task Acts in the 3 task areas) in the 19th term of the National Assembly, which is designed for working women to be really happy.

Finally, NanYoon Insoon, a member of supreme council of the DUP and Yoo Eui-sun, chairperson of women's committee of the UPP promised that they would work hard to realize today's political agreement, stating that discriminatory labor market and social polarization can't be tackled without addressing women workers' issue first. The MOU was finalized by the performance of picking 'the apples of hopes.'

 

Posted by KWWA
|