"Improving recognition for seasonal foreign workers as family" campaign in Seongju watermelon farms

The ‘Sungju Cantaloupe Industry Transformation and Innovation Movement Promotion Committee’ (chaired by Bae Sun-ho) is launching a relay campaign to improve the employment environment for foreign seasonal workers. In this regard, the ‘Sungju Cantaloupe Industry Transformation and Innovation Movement Promotion Committee’ (hereinafter referred to as the Promotion Committee) held a ‘Relay Campaign to Improve Employer Awareness of Foreign Seasonal Workers’ meeting on the 3rd at the seminar hall of the Sungju County Office, with Sungju County Mayor Lee Byeong-hwan and representatives of agricultural organizations in Sungju County in attendance. Representatives of agricultural organizations who attended the campaign meeting reportedly raised issues, stating that although the introduction of foreign seasonal workers in cantaloupe production sites has nearly doubled every year, problems such as non-compliance with labor standards for foreign workers, provision of cramped or unsafe ...