Uiwang City Holds 2021 Labor-Management-Government-Civic Consultation Meeting

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Uiwang City held a Labor-Management-Government-Civic Consultation Meeting on the 8th at the city hall conference room with nine attendees including Mayor Kim Sang-don of Uiwang City, National Assembly Member Yun Mi-kyung, Police Chief Ahn Ki-nam of Uiwang Police Station, Director Song Min-seon of the Anyang Regional Office of Employment and Labor, and representatives from the labor sector and local residents.

The meeting proceeded with a report on the appointment status of committee members of the Uiwang City Labor-Management-Government-Civic Consultation, followed by deliberation on the project plan for creating a worker rest facility in Uiwang City, and the adoption of a joint declaration to overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

The joint declaration adopted that day specified the respective roles of labor, management, government, and civic sectors in overcoming employment instability and local economic crisis caused by COVID-19, and included the content of the will to overcome through mutual cooperation.

In the ensuing discussion time, diverse discussions were held on solutions to labor-management issues through labor-management-government-civic cooperation partnership.

Meanwhile, the Uiwang City Labor-Management-Government-Civic Consultation is a consultative body where representatives of labor, business, citizens, and local government cooperate to deliberate on major matters related to employment and labor-management relations stability for local economic development, and labor-management cooperation. It currently consists of 13 members.

Mayor Kim Sang-don, who is the chairman, said in his remarks, "Even in the midst of the crisis caused by COVID-19, Uiwang City is actively working on local economic development and job creation, and the number of companies and workers is expected to continue increasing," and "As the role of the labor-management-government-civic consultation becomes more important, we request the active interest and cooperation of labor-management-government-civic representatives so that labor-management relations can develop into a more close and cooperative relationship."