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People
Argus
Tae-young/The
Let¡¯sWork,
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Dreamand
Protestwith
theYouth
ByKimTae-young
StaffReporterofNationalSection
T
his year, a young woman who worked as
of employment like employees, the unemployed,
a web designer for a large Internet lecture
temporaryworkersandpermanentworkers.
companycommittedsuicidebecauseshecould
The number of union members at the time of its
notstandthepressureatwork.Shewasforcedtowork
founding was around 60, but this year, the number
overtimeandsufferedfrombullyingintheworkplace.
has steadily increased to about 1,000. Plus, including
Todealwiththeseissues,aunionstrivestoprotectthe
support members over the age of 40 who give a lot
interestsandrightsofyoungworkers.Itisthe¡°Youth
of love and support to the Youth Community Union,
Community Union,¡± the first labor union of Korea
thereareabout2,100people.
by a specific generation. The Argus met Kim Byung-
chul, a chairperson of the Youth Community Union,
The Argus: Please describe the ongoing and
tointerviewhimabouthisbeliefsandgoals.
evolving activities of the Youth Community
Union.
Kim: Our activities vary from season to season.
Nonetheless, generally speaking, we do planning
TheArgus:Pleaseintroduceyourself.
Kim Byung-chul (Kim): Hello, I am Kim Byung-
work,governanceactivitiesandcampaignstostabilize
chul, the 5th chairperson of the Youth Community
employment and guarantee labor rights for young
Union. I have been working as the chairman since
workers.
Februarythisyear,startingatwo-yearterm.
One of our latest representative activities was
related to the recent death of a worker due to a poor
environment and overwork in drama production. We
The Argus: Can you tell us about the Youth
complained with the victim¡¯s family to the company
CommunityUnion?
Kim: The Youth Community Union was founded
and made a space for negotiation. In response, the
in March 2010. It is a generational labor union
company made an apology and compensated for the
voluntarily created by young people to improve
mistakes. Through these activities, we have been
our labor rights. The Youth Union is a union that
taking action to inform and improve the real world
anyone aged 15 to 39 can join, regardless of the type
thatyoungpeopleareworkingin.
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