dairyairy
Joined: 17 May 2012
Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:00 pm Post subject: Some public school cafeteria workers strike |
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Evidently there was a one-day walkout at some schools by the cafeteria workers.
They didn't strike at my school. Did this impact anyone? http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2012/11/116_124336.html
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By Kim Bo-eun
Workers at school cafeterias went on a one-day strike Friday, forcing students to eat snacks or food they brought from home for lunch.
Some 15,897 workers at 3,443 schools nationwide took part in the one-day walkout, calling for higher wages and increased job stability. They said they will wage a second strike if their demands are not met.
They held rallies in front of each of the country�s 16 education offices as well as the ruling Saenuri Party�s headquarters.
The workers belong to the umbrella labor group � the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions.
One of their main demands is for salary increases based on seniority � better pay for longer periods of employment. Another is for the superintendents of education offices to be responsible in hiring workers instead of school principals in order to achieve greater job stability.
There are some 150,000 non-regular workers at public schools which include administrative staff and food service workers. Among them, 35,000 are members of the labor union and 20,000 of them are food service workers.
According to the education ministry, 1,217 out of a total of 9,647 public elementary, middle and high schools across the nation did not provide meals due to the strike.
Following the union�s announcement of the strike two days earlier, education offices in cities and provinces sent notices to each school urging them to take measures to prevent students from skipping lunch.
Most schools did not experience too much inconvenience, due to the prior notice of the strike. While some of them canceled afternoon classes, the majority of schools that did not offer school lunches provided bread or had the students bring their own food for the day, such as kimbab, ramen, or packed lunches.
The union announced the walkout plan during a press conference Wednesday, after it was approved in a vote by 91.2 percent of its members.
�The irresponsible attitude of the education ministry and the Saenuri Party has led non-regular workers at schools to wage their first strike,� the union said in a press release. �The ministry and offices must respond to our requests for better working conditions including a higher wage and increased job stability,� it said.
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