더불어민주당 제21대 대통령선거 중앙선거대책위원회(이하 민주당 선대위) 산하 노동본부는 22일(목) 각각 민주노총 공공운수노조 전국철도지하철노동조합협의회(이하 궤도협의회) 및 민주노총 전국철도노동조합(이하 철도노조)과 함께 정책협약식을 개최했다.
 ▲ 민주당 선대위는 궤도협의회 정책협약에서 ▲교통기본법 제정, ▲KTX-SRT 운영 통합 등 민간도시철도의 공공성 강화, ▲필수유지서비스 의무제 개선 등에 노력하겠다고 밝혔다. *김충열정치전문기자 |
민주노총에서 공식 대선방침이 결정되지 못한 가운데, 산별연맹 단위에서는 민주당과 정책협약이 계속되는 모양새다.
이날 두 협약식에는 김태균 상임의장 겸 서울교통공사노조 위원장 등 궤도협의회 간부진과 강철 위원장 등 철도노조 간부진이 각각 참석했다. 민주당 선대위에서는 노동본부 본부장인 김영훈 전 민주노총 위원장, 노동본부 부본부장인 이용우 국회의원, 노동본부 노동희망실천단 신동호 단장이 참석했다.
민주당 선대위는 궤도협의회 정책협약에서 ▲교통기본법 제정, ▲KTX-SRT 운영 통합 등 민간도시철도의 공공성 강화, ▲필수유지서비스 의무제 개선 등에 노력하겠다고 밝혔다.
철도노조 정책협약에도 ▲고속철도 운영사 통합, ▲상시지속·생명안전업무 비정규직 직접고용, ▲필수 안전인력 기준 마련 등을 위해 노력하겠다는 내용이 담겼다. 김영훈 민주당 선대위 노동본부 본부장은 “이명박·박근혜 정권에 의해 분할된 고속철도가 다시 하나로 통합되는 새로운 여정이 될 것”이라고 말했다.
신동호 노동본부 노동희망실천단 단장도 “오늘 협약의 내용은 노동자들이 철도·지하철 공공성 확대를 위해 지속적으로 싸워 왔던 내용”이라며 “앞으로도 민주당과 철도노동자들이 계속 소통하는 발판이 될 것”으로 평가했다.
사회를 맡은 이용우 의원도 “민주당이 철도노동자들과 함께 협약 내용을 추진하겠다는 의지를 협약서에 담았다. 이 점을 중요하게 이해해 달라”고 밝혔다. hpf21@naver.com
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Democratic Party “Promoting integration of KTX-SRT operators... Signing policy agreement with KCTU industry-wide federation”
Promoting integration of high-speed railway operators, efforts to directly hire irregular workers for permanent and life-safety work
The Labor Headquarters under the Central Election Countermeasures Committee for the 21st Presidential Election of the Democratic Party of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the Democratic Party Election Countermeasures Committee) held a policy agreement ceremony with the KCTU Public Transport Workers’ Union National Railway and Subway Workers’ Union Council (hereinafter referred to as the Railroad Council) and the KCTU National Railway Workers’ Union (hereinafter referred to as the Railroad Union) on Thursday, the 22nd.
While the KCTU has not yet decided on an official presidential election policy, it appears that policy agreements with the Democratic Party are continuing at the industry-wide federation level.
On this day, executives from the Railroad Council, including Standing Chairman Kim Tae-gyun and Chairman of the Seoul Metro Union, and executives from the Railroad Union, including Chairman Kang Chul, attended the two agreement ceremonies. The Democratic Party’s election committee was attended by former KCTU Chairman Kim Young-hoon, who is the head of the Labor Headquarters, Rep. Lee Yong-woo, who is the deputy head of the Labor Headquarters, and Shin Dong-ho, the head of the Labor Hope Action Group of the Labor Headquarters.
The Democratic Party’s election committee announced that it would work on ▲ enacting the Basic Transportation Act, ▲ strengthening the public nature of private urban railways such as integrating KTX-SRT operations, and ▲ improving the mandatory maintenance service system in the Railroad Council policy agreement.
The railway union policy agreement also included efforts to ▲ integrate high-speed railway operators, ▲ directly hire irregular workers for continuous, life-safety work, and ▲ establish standards for essential safety personnel. Kim Young-hoon, the head of the Labor Headquarters of the Democratic Party’s election committee, said, “This will be a new journey in which the high-speed railway, which was divided by the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations, is integrated again.”
Shin Dong-ho, head of the Labor Hope Action Group of the Labor Headquarters, also said, “The content of today’s agreement is what workers have been fighting for to expand the public nature of railways and subways,” and “It will serve as a foundation for continued communication between the Democratic Party and railway workers in the future.” Rep. Lee Yong-woo, who was in charge of the meeting, also said, “The Democratic Party has included in the agreement its intention to promote the content of the agreement together with railway workers. Please understand this important point.” hpf21@naver.com
