LABOR MINISTRY REVIEW 1949 WORK; STEEL MILL RECRUITS WOMEN WORKERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 282
• Publication Date: May 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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LABOR MINISTRY REVIEWS 1949 WORK;
STEEL MILL RECRUITS WOMEN WORKERS
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ASKS BRTTER ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR LAW -- Minju Chosun, 11 Feb 50
Ho Song-t'aek, Minister of Labor of the People's Republic, called an an-
nual meeting on 9 February to review the results of labor administration work
carried out during 1949. Labor officials, public health officials, directors
of various sanitariums, asylums for the aged, and employment service centers
in each province were called in for the meeting. In all, 230 officials attended.
The Minister of Labor stated in his report that, during 1949, labor dis-
cipline was markedly improved through cooperation from the workers. Attendance
and morale also improved over 1948. The contract-wage system has been widely
adopted, producing good results. A proper distribution of manpower has been
maintained, and the safety'and health of workers were kept at high levels.
Better foods were supplied to the people in the rest centers to improve their
physical conditions.
The Minister's report was followed by discussions by the provincial labor
and social welfare officials concerning their 1949 work. Vice-Premier Kim Chlaek
advised the officials to enforce the Labor Law nore effectively this year.
An official ceremony was conducted after the meeting, and honorary flags
and official commendations were conferred upon the Sokwangsa Rest Center, Oe-
Kumgang Rest Center, Hamgyong Namdo Employment Service, and the Nanam Asylum
for the Aged, for their outstanding accomplishments during 1949.
WIVES TO RELIEVE MANPOWER SHORTAGE -- Minju Chosun, 11 Feb 50
The Songjin Steel Mill in Hamgyong Pukto 'rgently needs more than 600 new
workers for it- expanded 1950 production program. A joint meeting was called
in the early part of January by the mill management and the representatives
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of local political and social organizations, to find a solution to the problem.
This joint meeting decided to recruit into the workshops as many workers' wives
as possible.
Wherever substitution is possible, the men will be replaced by their wives
and shifted to heavier tasks. The wives will be assigned to "light" tasks such
as operation of cranes, construction projects, transportation services, and re-
processing of waste materials. The husbands who have been assign'i to secondary
types of work because of poorer skill relative to other male workers will have
opportunity to do more essential work, in which they may acquire new skills.
However, as the circumstances permit, the husband and wife will be assigned
to the sam:: workshop so that there -?, ill be closer family cooperation and higher
zeal for their work. In this way, the mill will benefit by permanently stabilized
manpower on the family basis, and the workers will benefit because it is no longer
necessary for the husbands and wives to maintain separate households when the
wives move into the mill's dormitory. Furthermore, the increased family earnings
through the all-out family participation in the production, and the pooling of
the resources and culture of the workers' families into a centralized community
will bring about higher economic and cultural standards for the group as a whole.
Seven wives volunteered to work when the recruiting of wives began on
20 January 1950. On the following day, the number increased to 19; by the 22d,
to 30; by the 23d, to 15. ihevertheless, the recruiting is being continued to
secure the required manpower for the expanded production plan of the Songjin
Steel Mill.
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