On the 23rd, the Small and Medium Business Federation and the Federation of Korean Trade Unions visited the representative office of the Democratic Party with Lee Nak-yeon to discuss ways to improve the system to eradicate unfair trade between large and small and medium-sized enterprises.
Since this year, the two organizations are jointly promoting joint projects such as operation of a reporting center for improvement of unfair trade and research and research to close the gap between large and small companies and create healthy SME jobs. Together with Lee Nak-yeon, the Democratic Party’s representative visit was also promoted to urge related legislation such as the subcontracting law to improve unfair trade.
In an interview on this day, the Small and Medium Business Federation and the Korean Federation of Trade Unions suggested that the subcontracting law be revised as soon as possible with the contents of prohibiting technology theft, writing contracts, and preventing damage to delivery costs, which were prepared through a survey on unfair trade between large and SMEs conducted from September to November. did.
“Small and medium-sized companies account for the majority of the total operating profit, and the average wage of small and medium-sized enterprises is only 58.6%, and the gap between large and small and medium-sized enterprises is wide.” For this, unfair trade must be eradicated, and active legislation and support systems must be prepared at the party level.”
Kim Dong-myeong, chairman of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions, said, “The practice of vertical exclusive transactions due to the power imbalance between large and SMEs has made life more difficult for SMEs and SMEs workers.” “As the realization of an economy where workers live well together is a key national task, I hope you will make efforts to amend the relevant laws,” he said.