Policy pact with groups representing non-regular school staff and education public workers
On the 11th, Gyeonggi superintendent candidate An Min-seok signed back-to-back policy agreements with groups representing non-regular school staff and education public workers. He unveiled a Gyeonggi education plan focused on respect for labor and the elimination of discrimination. According to An’s campaign, he reached accords with the Gyeonggi branch of the National School Irregular Workers’ Union and the Gyeonggi branch of the National Education Public-Service Workers’ Headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. He said, “I will build a Gyeonggi education system that respects school labor and eliminates discrimination.”
The campaign said the agreements reflect concern that the diverse work performed in schools is the foundation of education but does not receive sufficient respect. Attendees agreed to cooperate on securing jobs, improving pay and working conditions, strengthening workplace safety, improving cafeteria conditions, and strengthening public education.
The pact with the Gyeonggi branch of the National School Irregular Workers’ Union outlines plans to establish a labor-centered educational philosophy, operate a labor-management policy council, jointly pursue legislation to protect education public workers, after-school programs and care classrooms, implement equal pay for work of equal value, guarantee job security, and develop a sustainable free-meal policy.
The agreement with the Gyeonggi branch of the National Education Public-Service Workers’ Headquarters calls for strengthening public education, convening a joint council of education stakeholders, expanding labor-rights education, creating a dedicated unit to address sexual harassment, abuses of power and workplace bullying, eliminating disparities in pay and treatment, improving job-specific placement standards, and securing legal status for education public workers.
An said, “A superintendent must not be distant from teachers, education public workers and parents,” and added that he would convene a Gyeonggi Education Committee that includes all education stakeholders so they can discuss problems in the field, reach agreements and solve them together.
He stressed, “Establishing cafeteria staffing standards, providing rest areas and ensuring cafeteria workers’ safety are tasks that can no longer be postponed,” and said, “The cafeteria that feeds children must be the safest and most comfortable space in a school.”
He added, “Creating schools that respect labor and where people work together without discrimination is the starting point for a major transformation in Gyeonggi education,” and vowed to ensure non-regular school staff and education public workers are respected as partners in building schools.
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