Korea: teacher unionists stand in solidarity with striking education support workers

Although the newly-established government in 2017 made a promise to improve precarious working conditions and to provide job security, there has not been progress so far.

Among those striking education support personnel are school cafeteria workers, caregiving workers, administrative staffs, school guards, janitors, school aid staffs who mobilised for the elimination of wage discrimination.

The Korea Teachers’ Union (KTU) is supportive of the strike. “They want a fair pay system which would bring their salaries up to 80% of those of permanently employed civil servants doing the same types of jobs,” KTU International Secretary Hyunsu Hwang stressed. “Those workers call for dignity and equality at work. They are facing discrimination such as low wages, dangerous working environment, and precarious status.”

Hwang went on noting that “school is a community of learning and those workers should be more visible.”

[Fri, 05 Jul 2019 17:25:00 +0000] | DIGG THIS