VOL.77/2024.12

 

Together, and There Shall be the Path

 

2023.06.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“There is warmth that does not ignore pain while ferociously confronting reality.”
- Former president Moon Jae-In’s recommendation
A keen but warm “diagnosis of labor in Korea,” Together, and There Shall be the Path

A collection of writings by Lee Sang-Heon, Director of the Employment Policy Department of the International Labor Organization (ILO), contemplates labor in Korea and suggests new hope.

Our society makes laborers fight against each other with the excuse that we want faster development.
It forces people to take sides, and puts up fences.
It exploits the laborers, saying that there’s no other option.
Infinite competition, forced efforts, and classification of labor...
Do these give us truly happy lives?
The writer says that if we stop fighting against each other and hold hands and bond instead, it will create a new path, and that the time has come for this miracle to be realized.

A book that wholeheartedly addresses work, workplaces, and working life in Korea, and a record of warm bravery that believes in the possibility and miraculous nature of human beings.

Hoping for better labor for all
Together, and There Shall be the Path
Lee Sang-Heon, Sangsang Academy

 

 

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