Gwangju City Receives Minister of the Interior and Safety Commendation as an 'Excellent Administrative Institution for Public Officials' Labor-Management Culture'

Mayor Bang Se-hwan: "Labor and management will work together to carry out administration trusted by citizens"

Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Bang Se-hwan) and the Gwangju City Public Officials Labor Union announced on the 5th that they were selected as an excellent administrative institution in the ‘2024 Public Officials Labor-Management Culture Excellent Administrative Institution Certification System’ organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and received a commendation from the Minister of the Interior and Safety.

Gwangju Mayor Bang Se-hwan (left) and Han Hyun-seok, Chairman of the Gwangju Public Officials Labor Union, are posing for a commemorative photo after being selected as an excellent administrative agency in the '2024 Public Officials Labor-Management Culture Excellent Administrative Agency Certification System' evaluation and receiving a commendation from the Minister of the Interior and Safety. Provided by Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province

The ‘Public Officials Labor-Management Culture Excellent Administrative Institution Certification System’ is a program that discovers and certifies outstanding institutions that exemplarily practice desirable labor-management practices and lead a rational labor-management culture. The selection is made through a three-stage evaluation process consisting of document review, on-site inspection, and face-to-face evaluation by a panel of labor-management relations experts (professors, researchers, lawyers, etc.).

Gwangju City and the Gwangju City Public Officials Labor Union were recognized in this evaluation for their efforts in promoting various labor-management harmony programs such as regular meetings of the Labor-Management Development Council, labor-management cooperation programs to foster bonds among employees, and social contribution activities.

Additionally, the high level of interest from the head of the institution in cooperative labor-management relations and the active activities of the labor union for the development of a healthy labor-management culture were highly evaluated.

Han Hyun-seok, Chairman of the Gwangju City Public Officials Labor Union, said, “The efforts for labor-management cooperation have led to good results, establishing a labor-management culture of coexistence and cooperation,” and added, “We will continue to strive to create a more progressive labor-management relationship.”

Mayor Bang Se-hwan stated, “Taking this award as an opportunity, let us work together in labor and management to provide trusted administration to citizens based on a model and stable labor-management culture.”

Meanwhile, Gwangju City was previously certified as an excellent administrative institution for labor-management culture in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021, and this certification is valid for two years from January 1, 2025.