A "pan–micro business resolution rally" calling for the defense of micro business owners' right to livelihood and a major shift in employment policy will be held on the 9th in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul.
The rally has been organized to deliver to the government and the National Assembly the urgent voices of micro business owners, who have been driven to the brink by various management cost increases—including labor costs, rent, public utility fees, and raw material costs—and sluggish domestic demand amid the triple hardships of high inflation, high interest rates, and a strong dollar.
In particular, the aim is to draw social attention to the survival crisis of small micro business owners, such as business sites with fewer than five employees, who lack the capacity to respond to institutional changes.
On that day, more than 3,000 members of the Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise (KFME) from across the country and officials from groups participating in the micro business right-to-livelihood movement are expected to gather and launch a large-scale joint response.
The Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise (KFME) will announce at the rally the "five major policy demands to defend micro business owners' right to livelihood." ◇ Block expansion of the Labor Standards Act ◇ Improve the minimum wage system ◇ Win the right of micro business owners to organize ◇ Build a social safety net for micro business owners ◇ Oppose allowing dawn delivery.
Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise (KFME) Chairman Song Chi-young said, "Micro business owners are facing a breaking point due to rising expense burdens and institutional pressure," and "the government and the National Assembly should heed voices from the field and move to shift employment policy and implement effective institutional improvements."