▲ Incheon International Airport Corporation

On June 22nd, Incheon International Airport Corporation announced that it would convert 1,902 contract and part-time security guards to permanent workers and employ them directly. As Incheon International Airport Corporation, one of the most wanted public enterprises to work for, decided to hire non-regular workers on a large scale directly, complaints among job seekers and regular employees are raising. With this controversy about the state of Incheon International Airport Corporation, the petition for "Stop Regularizing Non-regular Workers in Public Corporations", registered in the Cheongwadae National Petition on the 23rd, has reached 250,000 participants in four days.

▲ The petition for ˝Stop Regularizing Non-regular Workers in Public Corporations˝, registered in the Cheongwadae National Petition on the 23rd, has reached 250,000 participants.

The impact of the state of Incheon International Airport Corporation has reached political circles in South Korea as well. The ruling party, Democratic Party of Korea, said that fake news in the conservative media caused the spread of the state of Incheon International Airport Corporation. Kim Doo-kwan of the ruling party said on Facebook that some say the employment in Incheon International Airport Corporation is not fair, but for him, it is rather unfair that regular employees receive twice as much wage as non-regular employees because they have learned a little more and passed the examination. However, this statement is criticism for young people, becoming a controversy.

On the other hand, the opposition parties are attacking the issue fiercely. Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the Future Integration Party, held a press conference at the National Assembly and presented the results of the inspection by the Board of Audit and Inspection. It was presented that about 65 percent of the 3,604 new employees of cooperative companies, since the transition to a permanent position, was found to be "blind" without evidence, and unfair hiring, such as private recruitment, hiring of relatives, and many others are happening. He also rebutted what representative Kim said, by saying that young people are not opposed to the transition from a temporary position, to a permanent position but it must be conducted fairly.

▲ The Conflict Is Becoming Larger in Public, Too, as This Demonstration against Regularizing Non-regular Workers without Any Reasons

The conflict between two positions about the state of Incheon International Airport Corporation is growing on a larger and larger scale.

July 5th, 2020

by Kim Hyeon