On the 30th of last month, presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, who had been making anti-labor remarks such as a 120-hour workweek, said, “The minimum wage system and the 52-hour workweek system are unrealistic.”
Kang Seon-woo, spokesman for the Democratic Party’s election committee, said in a commentary on the 1st, “Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol’s 120-hour workweek, he was forced to work, not in utter words.” As he said, a good job means working for a long time at a low wage. I don’t know if he knows or not,” he criticized.
Previously, candidate Yoon visited a company in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province on the 30th of last month and said, “The government’s minimum hourly wage system, 52-hour week system, is very unrealistic and interferes with business operation if it is not a simple technical job that requires creative work in small and medium-sized enterprises.” He said, “I did not know the realities of the management of small and medium-sized enterprises, and I accepted that it was a lot of pain because of the systems created by the tabletop discussion, but I will abolish all unrealistic systems.”
Spokesperson Kang said, “The abolition of the minimum wage system that Candidate Yoon is saying is unconstitutional because Article 32 Paragraph 1 of the Constitution stipulates that ‘the minimum wage system must be implemented as stipulated by law’. of the safety net,” he explained. He continued, “It is an era where the introduction of a society that respects labor and the introduction of a four-day workweek is being considered as a policy, and even advanced countries say that the minimum wage increase due to the corona virus should be guaranteed.” Can you take responsibility for the future of Korea?” he added.
On this day, Lee Yeon-gi, public affairs advisor for Kim Dong-yeon’s camp, said, “It is a statement that confirms Candidate Yoon’s clear will to abolish the 52-hour system so that companies can use their workers to their heart’s content.” there is no room for Kim Dong-yeon Camp is firmly opposed to the abolition of the 52-hour system.”
The Justice Party also took a similar position. Jeong Ho-jin, spokesperson for the election committee of the Justice Party, said on the same day, “I said it was quiet, but the remarks started again.” he criticized
“The idea of treating the people as working machines and pampering them is only possible during the developmental dictatorship,” Chung said. It’s over,” he pointed out. “Working citizens are now eager to introduce a four-day workweek, a natural right as citizens of advanced economies,” he added.
Kim Jae-yeon, the presidential candidate of the Progressive Party, also said, “The abolition of the 52-hour workweek is in fact a remark that insults 20 million wage earners as a return to the anti-labor society of the 1970s. As a special time provision, a maximum of 64 hours a week is allowed, and the reality is that workers are being brutally abused.” He added that the argument for the abolition of the minimum wage is unconstitutional.
In Kim Jae-yeon’s slogan, “The Progressive Party will usher in an era of realizing a four-day work week without wage cuts, the minimum wage of 15,000 won an hour, and a monthly salary of 3 million won.” do it,” he insisted.
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