HD Hyundai Heavy Industries labor and management formed a joint consultative body to jointly respond to changes in the shipbuilding environment and to prepare practical win-win solutions. It is one of the items agreed to in the collective bargaining the two sides conducted last year.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said on the 11th that it held an inauguration ceremony for the “labor-management joint consultative body to pioneer the future course of K-shipbuilding” at its Ulsan headquarters on the 10th, attended by President Geum Seok-ho of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Kim Dong-ha, head of the Hyundai Heavy Industries chapter of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union, and Yang Young-bong, head of the Ulsan branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), among others.
The newly launched consultative body will focus on sharing awareness of changes in the shipbuilding industry environment and industrial transition driven by technological advances, and on proactively seeking practical win-win measures. It will hold weekly regular meetings to share changes in work methods stemming from building smart shipyards and introducing new technologies, and to discuss key pending issues such as potential employment and occupational safety and health, and personnel systems.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said external experts will participate throughout the discussions to ensure the consultative body’s expertise and objectivity.
Kim Dong-ha, head of the Hyundai Heavy Industries chapter of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union, said, “As various changes, including jobs, are expected during the industrial transition, I hope labor and management can jointly set the future direction starting with the launch of this joint consultative body.”
Geum Seok-ho, president of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, said, “The labor-management joint consultative body originated from the recognition that dense communication is needed regarding the company’s sustainability and employees’ job security,” adding, “We will do our best as a responsible partner to create a workplace where future generations want to work.”
Source: ChosunBiz
