President Moon to meet labor leaders over his new policies

President Moon Jae-in was set to hold a special meeting Tuesday with leaders of the country's top labor organizations over his new economic and labor policies.

The meeting will be held at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae and will involve the top officials from the country's two largest umbrella labor organizations and several sectoral and independent labor unions.

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU).

Tuesday's meeting follows the president's meeting with top business leaders in July.

The meeting was expected to provide the president a chance to learn what laborers thought about his key economic policies that include reducing overall work hours to help create more jobs, while boosting the average income of the workers.

The president has vowed to create at least 810,000 new jobs in the public sector during his five-year term, which will end in 2020. He is also moving to raise the minimum wage to 10,000 won (US$8.86) per hour from the current 6,470 won per hour.

"The president will mostly listen to what the labor leaders have to say," a Cheong Wa Dae official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The dinner, involving all participants, will begin at 6:30 p.m., following a 45-minute discussion between the president and six top leaders of the FKTU and KCTU, according to Cheong Wa Dae.

Source : Yonhap