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On the 4th, about 30,000 members of the financial union went on strike to oppose the government's plan to relocate financial public institutions to local areas, raising their voices saying, "Financial public institutions cannot leave financial companies behind and leave Seoul." Last  In the second phase of public institution relocation plans announced on the 3rd, financial institutions such as the Financial Services Commission, Financial Supervisory Service, Korea Development Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, and Export-Import Bank were excluded for now, but the government, under the principle of minimizing relocation in the metropolitan area, has decided to finalize the relocation of the remaining institutions by the fourth quarter of this year. The Financial Supervisory Service labor union reportedly submitted a petition to the Blue House on the 4th, with about 1,700 internal members opposing the relocation to the provinces. Some say the financial sector's opposition to the relocation to provincial areas is being criticized as a 'sense of privilege.' Many other ministries and public institutions have already relocated to the provinces, and financial operations are becoming non-face-to-face due to AI development, so there is no reason for only financial institutions to remain in Seoul. Lee Doo-young, co-representative of the National Civil Society Groups for Balanced Development, said, "Since AI is being discussed, I don't think distance matters, but isn't the hyperconcentration in the metropolitan area becoming even more serious? Opposing and taking collective action goes against national policy." The Financial Workers' Union has stated that if the government's policy does not change, they will launch additional strikes, but Yoon Seok-gu, chairman of the Financial Labor Union, said, "Telling people to leave without logic or reason—what country's logic is this? They must be in Seoul for the sake of the Korean economy," ,,,They must be only in Seoul for the sake of the Korean economy???