calendar>>February 16. 2017 Juche 106

S. Korean Organizations Launch Actions for Wage Hike

Pyongyang, February 16 (KCNA) -- The Solidarity for Increase of Minimum Wage in south Korea grouping more than 30 civic and public organizations including the Confederation of Trade Unions and the Federation of Trade Unions held a press conference in Seoul on February 13 to demand the puppet National Assembly amend the law for increase of the minimum wage, according to the south Korean internet paper Chamsesang.

The speakers urged the NA to positively opt for settling the issue.

That day, the Citizens Federation for Economic Justice submitted to the NA a written opinion for reducing the number of workers receiving minimum wage and for electing member for public interests of the Minimum Wage Committee.