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28 May, 2000The process for keeping a check on the labour rights situation in the Republic of Korea will be maintained.
KOREA, REP: The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development reports that the OECD Council agreed on May 25, 2000, to maintain special monitoring of labour rights in South Korea. Keeping a check on the labour rights situation there began when, in 1996, the Republic of Korea joined the OECD and committed itself in writing to bringing its labour legislation in line with internationally-accepted standards.
As the date for the Council meeting approached, and with a number of influential governments supporting them, the Korean government lobbied the Council, trying to persuade it to drop the monitoring process. The TUAC said that Korea had hoped that this could be accomplished "in the context of the Council's conclusions as regards the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee Labour Market Review of developments on Korea."
A delegation from the TUAC met on April 12 with the above-mentioned OECD committee, to press the OECD not to suspend the special monitoring.
As the date for the Council meeting approached, and with a number of influential governments supporting them, the Korean government lobbied the Council, trying to persuade it to drop the monitoring process. The TUAC said that Korea had hoped that this could be accomplished "in the context of the Council's conclusions as regards the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee Labour Market Review of developments on Korea."
A delegation from the TUAC met on April 12 with the above-mentioned OECD committee, to press the OECD not to suspend the special monitoring.