It has been confirmed that the Ministry of Public Administration and Security has sent an official letter to metropolitan cities and provinces stating that ‘strong punishment such as disciplinary action’ can be taken in relation to the government policy vote promoted by the national civil servants’ trade union (trade union large).
According to the Ministry of Labor and Public Administration and Security on the 18th, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security sent an official document to metropolitan cities and provinces on the 16th, asking for cooperation in banning voting and taking strict measures against illegal acts related to vote for and against government policies of the National Union of Public Officers.
Provided by the National Public Officers Trade Union.
The official letter contained content such as ‘a vote for and against the evaluation of government policy by majors cannot be considered legitimate union activity under the Civil Servant Union Act’ and ‘note that strong punishment such as disciplinary action may be imposed ‘.
Prohibited matters in the official document include ‘information about on-site and online voting relating to government policy voting’, ‘encouraging members to vote for and against, participating in pros and cons’, and etc. Among the control and supervision items were ‘immediate strict measures with a zero tolerance principle when an illegal act is discovered’.
It was arranged for the main unions to hold a general vote for three days from the 22nd to ask the opinion of the union members on the policies of the Yoon Seok-yeol government. The KCTU said it was seeking the views of public officials on government policies, such as plans to reduce public servants, the rate of increase in payments for next year, the gap in pension income for public servants, and the punishment of those who n responsible for the Itaewon. The ‘Halloween Day’ disaster, and trying to convey them to the government.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security was of the opinion that it was possible under the Civil Servant Union Act to claim an increase in the rate of pay for civil servants. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said that the punishment of those responsible for the Itaewon disaster was not an improvement in the way public officials are treated, but a political act. An official from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said, “Under the current law, public officials cannot act in opposition to government policy.”
In a press statement released on the afternoon of the 18th, Jeonjoonno refuted that the interpretation of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security was “an arbitrary and one-sided judgment that there was content unrelated to the working conditions of public officials.” “The current punishment item for those responsible for the Itaewon disaster is to simply shift responsibility to lower-level positions, bringing self-esteem and serious demoralization to the public sector,” the Korean Trade Union said. ,” he said.
“It is an anachronistic idea that ‘the act of asking for an opinion on government policy’, which is not a strike or refusal to work, is illegal,” said a trade union official.
