Siheung City Raises Public Service Workers' Base Pay by 3.5%... Monthly Meal Allowance Up 20,000 Won

Signed 2026 Wage and Supplementary Agreement with Union
Introduces Monthly 50,000-Won Special-Duty Allowance for
Street Cleaners, Visiting Nurses and Others
Improving Working Conditions Through Labor-Management Cooperation

Siheung, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lim Byeongtaek), will raise the base pay of public service workers by 3.5% from last year and increase the fixed meal allowance for all job categories by 20,000 won per month. It will also introduce a special-duty allowance of 50,000 won per month for street cleaners, Dream Start integrated case managers for children, nurses, and visiting nurses.

Siheung Mayor Lim Byungtaek (fifth from right) and Oh Seyong, head of the Siheung branch of the National Democratic Union of Workers, pose for a commemorative photo with labor and management officials, holding up the agreement after signing the “2026 Wage and Supplementary Agreement for Public Sector Employees” at Daseulbang in Siheung City Hall on the 11th. Provided by Siheung City.

Siheung City said on the 15th that it signed the “2026 Wage and Supplementary Agreement for Public Service Workers” with the Siheung City Branch of the National Democratic Union of Trade Unions at Daseul Room in City Hall on the 11th. Mayor Lim Byeongtaek and Oh Seyong, head of the union’s Siheung City branch, along with other labor and management representatives, attended the signing ceremony.

The labor and management sides reached an agreement after three rounds of working-level negotiations, which began with an initial meeting on August 31. In supplementary negotiations on the collective agreement, they revised provisions concerning holidays and special leave and agreed to grant special leave to workers selected as exemplary public service workers.

Branch head Oh Seyong said, “We will continue to work together, based on mutual trust, to improve the working conditions of public service workers and advance the development of the city.”

Mayor Lim Byeongtaek said, “This agreement is meaningful because labor and management respected each other’s positions and circumstances and worked together to reach a practical agreement. We will continue to listen to voices from the field and create a better working environment.”

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