Statistics on the "minimum wage above"

Negotiations on the minimum wage committee to determine the minimum wage in 2019 have been difficult this year. The union proposed an increase of 17,000 won (43.3%) at an hourly rate, and management insisted on freezing it last year. As the gap between the two parties was important, the "specific demand to the user" was rejected at the 11th power meeting.

Workers' members of the KCTU do not participate in the opposition to the revised minimum wage bill last month. But the chairman of the Ryu Jang-soo's minimum wage committee said, "We will decide on the minimum wage next year, no matter what happens before July 14th."

The minimum wage is the minimum guarantee for the right to live, the Chosun Ilbo

"The minimum wage is the minimum wage," is a hot potato of Korean society.The President Moon Jae-in s 39 is committed to "reaching the minimum wage of 10,000 won in 2020" compared to the presidential election of last year and was set at 7,530 won last year with a record of 16.4%.

The resistance of minority interest groups and minority self-employed workers and the recession of economic indicators are all caused by resistance to vested interests. However, as income inequality and the proportion of low-paid and non-regular workers is increasing, the badysis that minimum wages guarantee minimum rights of survival is dominant. According to OECD statistics, the salary of the 10% su Korean wages are 4.5 times higher than the lower 10% (in 2016)

The minimum wage will be directly affected by the minimum wage The number of workers is estimated at 4,625,000. In terms of the number of households, a considerable number of people will be affected by the minimum wage.

Nevertheless, the conservative press, including Cho-Joong-dong, represented only the business and user side, claiming that the increase in the minimum wage was the cause of the recession economic. Recently, we have constantly twisted and distorted the facts.

"Workers think the minimum wage has been high enough"

Chosun Ilbo is the columnist of the Kwak Chang-ryul Social Policy Department <기자의 시각/최저임금 43% 올리라고?>] (7/13 http://bitly.kr/zwa8) of the labor market minimum wage of 43% l & Next year strongly criticized the proposal. I quote statistics for objectivity in the process.

The reporter argued that "a considerable number of workers who work on the site already think that the minimum wage has already been high enough." "When we asked 5096 workers the minimum wage above the minimum wage level, about 15% of workers responded that they should" freeze the minimum wage for next year. "

I introduced it." Even though the impression is made, the number of respondents who said that they should be less than 9% is 63% of the total. "Even the workers worry that "the president will fire me because the minimum wage has increased too much"

The statistics quoted by the rapporteurs are available on page 93 of the state survey places of minimum wage effects (http://bitly.kr/xQfH) published each year by the Minimum Wage Committee The minimum wage asks <2019년에 적용될 최저임금 인상액의 적정 수준> asking workers how much the rate of wage increase minimum (minimum wage – hourly basis) to apply the following year (2019) is appropriate, and summarizes the 5,051 responses By the way, when looking at the data, workers who claim to harvest more than 15% (over 8660 wons) are the most abundant workers with 18.51% .In addition, 85.07% of all workers declare an "increase in the minimum wage" (other than freezing).

These other figures represent the will of workers who were asking for an increase in the minimum wage, but the reporter only extracted "14.93%" that "freeze" is appropriate, "a lot of workers think that the salary minimum has already been high enough "The conclusion is reached. I quote some of the statistics to promote badertiveness.

▲ Analysis of the effect of the minimum wage on the effect of the minimum wage published by the Committee on the Minimum Wage on the 10th

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This is not alone. The minimum wage The above report did not record what the workers would say is the "freezing" of the minimum wage for what reason. Therefore, the statement that "I'm afraid that the president pulls me" is the only imagination of Chosun Ilbo. Do not write your imagination in the column as if it were true.

Moreover, if workers want to freeze the minimum wage because of the "threat of dismissal", as Chosun Ilbo imagines, it is to prove the reality of mediocre labor rights. However, Chosun Ilbo criticized the union: "No matter how the trading strategy suggests a 43% increase in this situation, it's a joke and irresponsible."

A small independent worker worries when the problem of the minimum wage breaks out

"It is reasonable to determine the minimum wage for next year at a level that minimizes the problem". impact by listening to the calls of small business owners and small self-employed people who have fallen into the marginal situation. "The union community should now be more responsible and sincere" I have finished the column.

C & # 39; is a typical strategy to neutralize the increase in the minimum wage of "small businesses." If the Ilbo Chosun really worries about a small business owner falling into a "marginal situation", he should not only pay the minimum wage, but also pay attention to excessively high rent, membership fees and card fees. [19659089] 5/14 http://bitly.kr/8eu9) can see that the reason for which small independent workers suffer is not the increase of the minimum wage. Merchant fees account for 25% to 60% of sales, while credit card fees range from 2.3% to 2.5%. It's three times more than a large-scale market at 0.7%.

The issue of "gentrification", which is a recent social problem, can not be overlooked. If you want to do a lot of business, small business owners who are driven out of flamboyant rent are a lot of money. However, the Chosun Ilbo only criticizes the increase in the minimum wage without looking at these problems.

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