Negotiation of Gwangju-type jobs, presidential commitment?

The first "Jesse Jane"

Gwangju-type ministry jobs began to emerge after the government and Gwangju City had pbaded the negotiating deadline of 15 November. The negotiating parties, Gwangju – si and Hyundai cars, secretly unveiled the trading process and the contents that were hiding there in order to entrust the responsibility for the failure of the negotiation to the company. opponent.

In particular, it became clear that Gwangju had proposed for the first time a "first suggestion" to attract Hyundai Motors. On June 7, while local elections were in full swing, HMC will send a letter of intent to invest in Gwangju-type jobs in Gwangju City. For the first time in a row, the capital of Hyundai Motor, disappointing for several reasons, is showing a positive signal for the first time.

6.13 The newly elected Yong-sup Lee, elected at the local government election, immediately attempted to enter into the agreement directly. In addition to consulting with Hyundai Motor, the company also contacted Maison Bleue and planned an investment agreement with President Moon Jae-in on June 19, but the event itself was overtaken the day before the announcement. for some reason.

There was no noise after that. According to the government's task, Gwangju-type work should be promoted through discussions and agreements with local people, society, people and government. However, the city of Gwangju continued to negotiate with the Hyundai Motor Company only after excluding groups of workers and citizens.

Although the KCTU originally refused to participate in the civil-employer consultation, the city of Gwangju excluded the Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, which was willing to participate in these consultations. As Hyundai Motors and Gwangju City continued their negotiations, civil society groups became horns. Press conferences and statements are announced and rebellion begins everywhere.

Finally, at the end of August, the city of Gwangju promised to open negotiations with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and pursue negotiations in good faith. However, less than a month after that, the Korea Federation of Trade Unions (FKTU) will withdraw from negotiations in September.

What was happening? What happened was that Hyundai suddenly changed its attitude and presented a letter of intent on investment that seemed to be on its way. It seemed that the president had canceled the day before the demonstration and canceled the unstable relationship with the Federation of Trade Unions of Korea. .

Make a "paradise capital"

The answer is in the main presentation. This is the Gwangju City negotiating proposal that was made when Hyundai Motor's investment letter of intent was submitted. Cheong Wa Dae, who confirmed the content of the meeting to discuss the issue of participation in the presidency, would be upset. The content was absurd and the city of Gwangju would not have been open to workers' organizations and civil society. Confirming the content, the Korea Federation of Trade Unions (FKTU) was forced to resign.

In order to resume the negotiations that finally began to break, the city of Gwangju, the Korean Trade Union Confederation, NGOs and experts met in October to form a round table and the Confederation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) came back to the negotiating table. During the process, the "second proposal", which is a revision of the "first proposal", is reached. Gwangju City has negotiated the plan with Hyundai Motor, but Hyundai Motor has refused to accept that Hyundai Motor has fallen too far in the first bid.

So what was the content of the first and second presentations? On November 15, some media began reporting this while complying with unilateral deadlines. It is regrettable that no press release published these proposals, <인사이드경제>I've compiled the following chart with the contents of the media reports. (Referring mainly to the three press articles below)

Deadline of the Gwangju factory pbaded. Limit of exposure to the conflict of Kang / Nono administration (News 1, 11.15)

& # 39; Gwangju type work & # 39; Running in parallel … Negotiations at the beginning of next month (Money Today, 11.18)

The initial minimum wage was proposed below … Gwangju Gwangju-job (Joongang Ilbo, 11.20)

The government ratifying the ILO Convention

When I saw the article on November 15, it was a shock. However, when I arrived at the article 18 and the depth cover of the 20th, feelings of anger began to appear. Did the city of Gwangju try to promise Hyundai not to be able to think of the fabulous fabulous capital of celestial workers during the time of the military dictatorship? In this house-light where I rose against the murderous dictatorship of Chun Doo Hwan?

First <인사이드경제>The first thing that came to my mind was the first proposal to "delay the negotiation of wages and collective agreements by five years". It is true that the three articles report that this content is contained in the first presentation and that the content was contained because the city of Gwangju did not refute specifically.

How can it be possible to think about the current labor relations law or the current constitutional system? There is no way to postpone wage bargaining and collective bargaining for five years without repealing the Constitution and Labor Relations Act. If a union is organized in the workplace, how will collective bargaining be postponed?

One way to do this when you can maximize your imagination is to create a faithful union to capital. This is why all wage and collective agreements are delegated to the company. However, even if this is the case, you can not postpone for 5 years. The current legislation on trade unions limits the maximum period of validity of collective agreements to two years.

In other words, even if the union loyal to the user delegates all obligations to the employer, collective bargaining must be resumed after two years. Even if a five-year delegation agreement to the employer is signed, it will be disabled for more than two years because it exceeds the maximum period set by law.

This information has never been seen in the Export Free Zones during the military dictatorship, any more than in the free zones created during the wave of economic openness. In addition, the new mayor, Yong-sup Gwangju, was vice-chairman of the government's No. 1 Government Employment Committee, which had promised to guarantee the right to organize by ratifying the convention. of the ILO.

Just ignore the minimum wage

He said he offered 30 million won annual salary, including basic salary, compensation and overtime compensation in the first round, which is the minimum wage. The minimum wage for next year is 8,350 won per hour, the monthly conversion of 1,741,550 won and, multiplied by 12, 20,900 won. But how is the minimum wage?

First of all, if you include various indemnities and allowances for overtime, you reach 25 million won. The problem is that the salary level is applied to 2021, when Gwangju-type jobs will produce real cars. The minimum wage after three years will increase further, so an annual salary of 30 million won will bring the violation of the minimum wage as well as the minimum wage.

In addition, the salary increase is the average of the last three years inflation rate. Given that recent inflation rates have remained at very low levels and that the minimum wage has risen faster than the inflation rate, these wage increases will eventually drive down the base rate beyond the current rate. below the minimum wage.

Among the content of the presentation, there is also the word "44 hours a week". This will return to the days of Noltto and Ilgo. Under the current Labor Standards Act, there is no way to apply 44 hours a week to a 1,000-person workplace, such as Gwangju. The law on labor standards and minimum wage companies fear that the constitution is ignored.

The problem is that Hyundai Motor insisted on the first offer and rejected the second. What is the idea of ​​Hyundai? Do you insist on the first proposal to ignore both the Constitution, the Labor Standards Act, the Minimum Wage Act and the Trade Union Act? Yes This is clearly a constitutional claim to recognize the "Hyundai Motor Exemption Zone".

But Cheong Wa Dae and Gwangju City do not disclose or criticize the requirements of these Hyundai cars. The union must instead make concessions. (For reference, the KCTU does not participate in the employment negotiations in Gwangju City, but rather the Korean Trade Union Confederation.) In the end, the Moon Jae-in government and the local government of Gwangju city are thinking about the future Hyundai.

Do you want to give this young person a job like this?

"Even in this case, the problem of youth employment is serious now, should not the big union and the democratic trade union movement be worried about this?"

This is true. <인사이드경제>I do not think it's necessary to criticize the content of the Gwangju-type negotiations. If Gwangju-type work is not achieved, the criticism will not be convincing if you give a job creation opportunity.

In fact, such a plan has already been presented by President Moon Jae – in during the presidential election period. "Create jobs by reducing working time". However, Moon Jae-in has changed the law on labor standards by reducing not only the working time but also the leave premium by 50%. On the contrary, it increased the incentives for extended work and holiday work for capitalists.

Where is it In recent years, the system of flexible working hours has been strengthened (extension of the standard period from three months to six months to one year). If we reduce premiums during the holidays and reduce the elasticity of the workforce, a reduction in work time will never create jobs. Reducing hours of work in this way only increases the profits of the capitalist pocket. President Moon Jae-in betrays his promise.

If we can shorten the hours of work in workplaces where overtime and special leave are common, even now, it can be a powerful way to increase the number of jobs. Where is this place? At Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors (although there are variations in each production line), special holiday offers are still in progress.

If we can limit or stop holiday promotions, we will have to establish a new plant to extract the rare production. You do not have to guarantee the extravagance of Hyundai. Hyundai will have no choice but to build the Hyundai Motor Gwangju plant. This will be a good job as the existing Hyundai Motor Collective Agreement will be guaranteed.

If the democratic labor movement and the big business union think aggressively about these things, there will be a way. Limiting overtime and specialization is possible not only by the capital but by the collective decision of the workers. What if workers in large companies could boldly reduce their hours of work and ensure that youth jobs were of good quality?

According to their comments, the March line will negotiate tomorrow and the next day. Whether to witness the birth of a monster-like Gwangju-type job or to revive social debate and redoubled worry about finding a serious alternative to youth to ensure real quality work, we waits.