Culture Ministry, KCTU Launch Labor-Government Consultative Body to Improve Conditions for School Arts and Sports-for-All Instructors
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions said they launched a labor-government consultative body for school arts instructors and sports-for-all instructors on Oct. 20 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and held a meeting to mark the occasion.
About 20 people, including Kim Youngsoo, First Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Lee Yangsu, vice chair of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, attended the meeting. They shared their plans for operating the consultative body and discussed ways to improve working conditions in ways that workers in the field can feel.
Kim Youngsu, First Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Lee Yangsu, Vice Chair of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, attend a meeting at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on the 20th to mark the launch of a labor-government consultative body for school arts instructors and community sports instructors. Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
View original imageThe government and labor groups formed the consultative body following the implementation of the amended Trade Union Act on March 10, with the aim of improving conditions for school arts instructors and sports-for-all instructors, who provide arts and culture education and sports services in schools and local communities.
The consultative body will focus on discussing improvements to the treatment and working conditions of school arts instructors, establishing a fair compensation system for sports-for-all instructors, and securing budgets to support workers in arts and culture education and sports.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to establish an official channel for communication between the government and labor groups through the consultative body and gradually develop effective measures to improve working conditions based on mutual trust.
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“Children’s artistic sensitivity and the public’s enjoyment of healthy daily lives are thanks to the instructors and coaches who have devoted themselves to their work in the fields of education and sports,” Vice Minister Kim Youngsoo said. “We will listen closely to the voices from the field and continue communicating and cooperating with labor groups to make meaningful improvements to workers’ conditions.”
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