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People
suffered under this system and we helped
Argus: What are the major activities
Union
get it abolished. This campaign also
oftheYCU?
Community
moved MOEL to be more active with the
Han:Wealwaysprovidelaborconsultants
to the people who need help and we also
contractingagreementsofpizzerias.
have had a monthly special lecture from
Another example is that, last year, major
¨ÏYouth
early 2009 to early 2012. We choose the
cafes did not pay extra pay for holidays,
topic of each lecture considering what
whichisspecifiedinthelaw.Wenegotiated
young people want and need to know and
withCaffeBenetogivetheunpaidholiday
invite special lecturers for the audience.
paytotheworkerstotaling50millionwon.
The range of our topics is broad. From
financial matters to military service, we
Argus:Couldyoutellusaboutsome
choose anything that could be helpful to
of your specific memories of these
our attendance. At our latest lecture, the
activities?
¡ãMembersoftheYCUposeforaphotoduringa
speakerexplainedhowwecangetinvolved
Han: Whenwestarted,weusedourown
campaigntoimprovetheconditiononminimun
andparticipateinthesocietypolitically.At
moneyfortheYCU.Itwasverydifficultto
wages.
our lectures, about 20 to 50 people always
maintain this organization financially and
showup.
mentally. Many people were hostile to us.
If we put great effort into these projects,
But now, our situation has changed. About
peoplewillnaturallycometoknowus.
600 union members pay membership
Argus: Could you tell us about a
fees, and almost 300 people donate to us
few of the successes among your
Argus: What will the YCU
regularly.Peoplealsosupportouractivities.
activities?
concentrateonnext?
Han: The very first activity we started
I remember a person who asked us to
Han: Nowadays, we are carrying on
was a research project on the actual
help him with unpaid work. Although he
with two big projects and many others.
conditions of the minimum wage paid
facedmanydifficulties,hedidnotgiveup,
First, we are asking young people about
by convenience stores. A lot of students,
and finally got his pay. ¡°If I give up, other
their residential problems, and also about
including teenagers, work part-time at
people who need help in receiving money
insurance for part-time workers. We are
convenience stores. We found out that
owed them could not get it. So I had to
also working on the standardization of
about 70 percent of over 500 convenience
endure these hardships,¡± he said. It was a
resumeswithoutthediscriminationagainst
stores violate the standard for minimum
wonderfulboostforus.
loweducationalbackground.
wage. Inspired by us, the Ministry of
Also,weareplanningtohaveconferences
Employment and Labor (MOEL) carried
with the presidential candidates. In those
Argus: The YCU has done many
outamonitoringsystem.
conferences,wewillaskthemtohelpsolve
things in the last two years. Do you
Next, we ran a campaign where we
someoftheproblemsofyoungpeople.
thinkyouractivitiesaffectsociety?
insisted that the 30-minute delivery
Han: As I mentioned before, we realize
system of pizza be abolished. At that
that there are some people who are better
Argus: Most members of the
time many part-time workers at pizzerias
off now than before because of our work.
YCU are directly involved with the
When we see these things we feel that
problems of young people. Do you
our activities change the society for the
have any messages for these young
Union
better. There are still too many things that
people who wish to speak of their
Community
have to be changed, though. But we have
ownagonies?
experience now in getting the government
Han: It is so hard to speak of their own
to act and are hopeful that there will be
problems because it might cause them
¨ÏYouth
morechangesinthefuture.
shame. But if nobody speaks up then our
society will not change. You will not be
able to get support from the society. We
Argus: Many people do not know
want you to remember our slogan, ¡°If you
much about the YCU. Do you have
are in pain, then say you are in pain.¡± Do
any plans to inform the public about
not hide your hurt, and share your agony.
theYCU?
Han: We are always thinking about that.
But every time we do, we realize that we
¡ãMembersoftheYCUarealignedwithabanner
have to focus on what we are doing now.
jhgom23@hufs.ac.kr
celebratingLaborDay.
NOVEMBER 2012

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