Lee vows support to strengthen workers' basic rights

President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday workers' fundamental rights should be guaranteed to help address imbalances between labor and management, vowing support for efforts to strengthen those rights. Lee made the remarks during a meeting with representatives of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, a major umbrella labor group, as companies push for greater labor flexibility amid intensifying competition despite resistance from workers. "Workers are essentially in a weaker position. It is important to guarantee their three fundamental labor rights — the right to organize, collective bargaining and collective action," Lee said, pledging government support to enhance labor rights. Lee outlined his administration's labor policy, which focuses on improving working conditions and revising relevant laws, while acknowledging challenges in addressing long-standing structural divides. "Polarization stemming from gaps between large conglomerates, and small and medium-sized enterprises, regular and non-regular workers, prime contractors and subcontractors, as well as gender disparities remains a mWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times