2023-11-28 01:28:54
Yang Kyung-soo, chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, is being interviewed at the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions office in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 5th. Senior Reporter Lee Jeong-yong lee312@hani.co.kr
Candidate Yang Kyung-soo, the current chairman, was elected as the next chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU). It appears that the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ stance of fighting once morest the government will continue. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions announced on the 28th that as a result of voting to elect the 11th leadership of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions from the 21st to the 27th, candidate Yang Kyung-soo was elected as chairman with 363,246 votes (56.61%). Candidate Park Hee-eun received only 201,218 votes (31.36%). Lee Tae-hwan, head of the Airport, Port and Port Transportation Division of the Public Transport Workers’ Union, and Go Mi-kyung, former planning director of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, will serve as senior vice-chairman and secretary-general, respectively, as the running mates of the two candidates. Their term of office is three years from January of next year. President-elect Yang succeeded in being reappointed as chairman for the first time since the founding of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in 1995. There is an interpretation that the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions chose ‘stability’ over ‘change’ as candidate Yang, who put ‘experience’ at the forefront, was elected as the current chairman. However, Chairman Yang The task of recovering the influence of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions by responding to the government’s offensive once morest the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and at the same time regaining leadership in labor policy discourse.is placed A key pledge of both candidates during the election period was the establishment of a ‘new 30-year committee’ to discuss the long-term agenda of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. The purpose is to establish a new 30-year movement strategy centered on union members, not executives. After being elected, President-elect Yang said, “Overwhelm the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions!” which he shouted during the election campaign. “I will definitely put the slogan into practice,” he said, adding, “I will realize the urgent demand of union members that the influence of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions should be dramatically increased.” It appears that the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ stance of fighting once morest the government will be maintained. President-elect Yang said, “Let’s put an end to the Yoon Seok-yeol regime and build new hope for workers.” He added, “The fall of the regime is not the end of the struggle, but we will turn it into an opportunity for us to create a new society, and we will speed up our concerns and efforts for this.” . Yang, the first non-regular worker to be the chairman of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, served as the head of the in-house subcontracting branch of the Hwaseong branch of the Kia Motors branch of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union, and also participated in the fight once morest illegal dispatch to Kia Motors. Reporter Kim Hae-jeong sea@hani.co.kr
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