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97707
Fri, 01/01/2010 - 11:17
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Parliament approves disputed labor reform bill
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SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Friday passed a revision of
the labor reform law in a plenary session boycotted by liberal opposition parties
after National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o invoked his power to put the disputed
bill to a vote.
The revision, approved 173-1 with one abstention, calls for enforcing the ban on
wages for full-time union representatives in July 2010 and delaying the
introduction of a multiple union system until July 2011.
Without parliamentary approval of the legal revision, the two disputed new union
rules would have taken effect at the beginning of the new year after a 13-year
grace period.
Only lawmakers of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and a conservative minor
party participated in the early morning vote, while lawmakers of the main
opposition Democratic Party (DP) and minor Democratic Labor Party shouted
protests at Assembly Speaker Kim.
The ruling party controls 169 seats in the 299-member National Assembly, compared
to 87 seats held by the DP.
The revision was unilaterally tabled by Kim due to the rival parties' failure to
reach a compromise.
The move came after the GNP earlier Thursday railroaded the government's 2010
budget bill through parliament in the absence of DP lawmakers.
The labor law revision passed the Assembly's labor and environment committee
Wednesday after representatives from the government, employers and labor had
engaged in protracted wrangling.
Employers have pushed to stop paying salaries for their full-time union
representatives right away, but the unions want to delay the implementation.
On the establishment of multiple unions at a single workplace, both management
and unions have mixed views about the proposal and have failed to come up with a
unified position on the matter. They asked for further delays in the introduction
of the multiple union system, warning of confusion at individual workplaces.
The Lee Myung-bak administration has pushed to allow more than one union in a
single workplace as part of its campaign to fight radical labor movement and
unreasonable union practices. If more than two unions are allowed in a single
company, negotiating power will be given to the largest union under the revised
law.
ycm@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Friday passed a revision of
the labor reform law in a plenary session boycotted by liberal opposition parties
after National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o invoked his power to put the disputed
bill to a vote.
The revision, approved 173-1 with one abstention, calls for enforcing the ban on
wages for full-time union representatives in July 2010 and delaying the
introduction of a multiple union system until July 2011.
Without parliamentary approval of the legal revision, the two disputed new union
rules would have taken effect at the beginning of the new year after a 13-year
grace period.
Only lawmakers of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and a conservative minor
party participated in the early morning vote, while lawmakers of the main
opposition Democratic Party (DP) and minor Democratic Labor Party shouted
protests at Assembly Speaker Kim.
The ruling party controls 169 seats in the 299-member National Assembly, compared
to 87 seats held by the DP.
The revision was unilaterally tabled by Kim due to the rival parties' failure to
reach a compromise.
The move came after the GNP earlier Thursday railroaded the government's 2010
budget bill through parliament in the absence of DP lawmakers.
The labor law revision passed the Assembly's labor and environment committee
Wednesday after representatives from the government, employers and labor had
engaged in protracted wrangling.
Employers have pushed to stop paying salaries for their full-time union
representatives right away, but the unions want to delay the implementation.
On the establishment of multiple unions at a single workplace, both management
and unions have mixed views about the proposal and have failed to come up with a
unified position on the matter. They asked for further delays in the introduction
of the multiple union system, warning of confusion at individual workplaces.
The Lee Myung-bak administration has pushed to allow more than one union in a
single workplace as part of its campaign to fight radical labor movement and
unreasonable union practices. If more than two unions are allowed in a single
company, negotiating power will be given to the largest union under the revised
law.
ycm@yna.co.kr
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