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Won Hee-ryong “The safe price system cannot be put back in place… Even if it goes through the year, I will make an improvement plan”

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Lands, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Won Hee-ryong said he would review the safe freight rates system for trucks over the next year and come up with an improvement plan.

At a press conference held at the Sejong Government Complex today, Minister Won said, “It is not polite for the people to put the safe fare system back in place when the cargo union strike caused great suffering to the people and loss to the national economy. .”

At the same time, he said, “At least the part that changes the transaction structure, such as multiple purchases by one person, should be included in the improvement plan.”

Under the leadership of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the government intends to establish a consultative body between the government and stakeholders such as transporters, transport companies, and truck owners, and draw up a plan to improve the safe fare system. , which includes a reasonable freight rate structure and a plan to set the structure of the logistics industry with enlarged intermediate steps.

Regarding the bill to extend the secure price system for three years, which was passed by the Democratic Party of Korea on its own at the general meeting of the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee of the National Assembly, Minister Won said, “If the parliamentary discussion is lost momentum after the trip. of a simple extension bill, the same thing will happen three years later.” It’s irresponsible to let him go.”

He added, “Within a short period of time, an advisory body regardless of the situation in the National Assembly will create an improvement plan, and then pass the improvement plan in the National Assembly.”

Regarding the construction unions, Minister Won said, “The state will protect and guarantee the legitimate rights of the unions, but the behavior shown by many construction unions is a predatory and violent phenomenon that cannot be found in the industrial field ,” he said.

The construction union, which went on strike alongside the cargo union, has been confirmed to have disrupted work, such as issuing orders to prevent non-union members from pouring, and the police are in special.

Minister Won said, “Administrative power and public authority must be firmly established in the area where the construction union demands money under unfair pretexts, such as bonuses and monthly salaries, and hiring forces.”

Regarding the Serious Accident Penalty Act, Minister Won also said, “Now, if there is a problem at one construction site, the CEO of a corporation that works in hundreds of places across the country is held accountable.” It gives birth to beneficial. ways to keep the CEO and others separate,” he noted.

At the same time, he stressed, “It is a deformity to create a separate responsible legal representative for the preparation of detention centers,” and “there may be a plan to improve the Serious Accident Penalty Act, which requires responsibility in business units and construction. sites.”