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Editorial
No Prosperity
Without Working Rights
ESTABLISHED1954
Publishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyandfor
students of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,The
Argus, the oldest campus English newspaper in Korea,
“W
ELOVEYOU,CUSTOMER.”EverytimeyoushopatEmart,the
pursues the highest standard of campus journalism and
nation’s largest retailer, you would hear the sales personnel utter
academism.
thisphrase.Followinganin-companyannouncementwithmusic,
agroupofwearylookingwomenrepeatsthisphrasealmostlikeaparroteverytime
customerspassby.
?PresidentandPublisher
Dr.ParkChul
Not surprisingly, Emart has not had a labor union where workers could demand
?ExecutiveEditor
Prof.SungKyung-jun
work environment improvement. The reason now became quite clear. On Jan.
18, the Ministry of Employment and Labor declared that they began a special
?Editor-in-Chief
WooHae-chung(CH-3)
labor inspection of Emart, which is suspected of placing employees under illegal
?EditorialConsultant
JangHo-joon(ELI-4)
surveillanceforthesakeofpreventingitsworkersfromformingalaborunion.
Ironically, this company has long proclaimed it is pursuing an “ethics-based
ParkHyun-chul(EC-3)
management” strategy. Its two-faced behavior and malpractices have recently
provoked fierce anger among the public and because of that, the newly established
LeeYoung-eun(ELG-4)
Park’s government launched tougher legal penalties over Emart. Last month, the
?AssociateEditor
JoHe-rim(ELG-3)
government told it to hire ten thousand of its temporary employees as full-time
KimJi-hyeock(ELG-2)
employees.
The problems surrounding Emart, an affiliate of the Sinsegae Group, does not
YooSuh-kyung(PA-2)
endhere.Itisalsoundersuspicionofignoringthelaborprotectionlaw.Ithasbeen
?Reporters
ParkJi-yeon(DIS-2)
proven that Emart has forced illegal dispatch labor to work beyond regular work
hoursandfrequentlylaidoffcontractworkers.
KimMin-jeong(H-2)
The so called “Emart incident” implies that Chaebol has behaved as if they were
?CopyReaders
Prof.SungKyung-jun
standing above national laws. Furthermore, part-time workers and poor working
environmentarestillaprevalentissueinKorea.Thenewgovernmentseemstoput
Prof.BrandonWalcutt
muchmorepressureontheconglomeratesthanthatofitspreviousone,yetithasa
long way to go in terms of improving working rights. We must remember that the
Prof.EugeneLee
prosperityweenjoycomesfromthehardworkofothers.
WooHae-chung
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,Seoul,Korea
(PostalCode130-791)
EditorinChief
Tel:(02)2173-2508 Fax:2173-2509
San 89, Wangsan-ri, Mohyeon-myon, Cheoin-gu Yongin,
GyeonggiProvince,Korea
(PostalCode449-791) Tel:(031)330-4113
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