1. A joint research of FKTU/KCTU on the living cost of a workers’ household
Kim, Eungi(KCTU)
Ahn, Eun-Mi (FKTU)

2. Background(1)
Increase of the low-wage worker and the polarization of income among workers
The lowered minimum wage: about 38% of average wage of total workers.
The absence of the social criterion for the proper wage & living cost of household

3. Background(2)
The unnecessary collision in the case of the wage negotiations on the level of nation
The lack of reliability for the living cost calculated by FKTU, KCTU each other
The dubious statistics on the wage, household’s expenditure officially

4. Development Objectives
To improve social dialog regarding the proper living cost of workers’ household
To strengthen the negotiating power of the each level unions
To strengthen an unity and solidarity of KCTU and FKTU’ policies

5. Immidiate Objectives To calculate the basic or standard cost of living
To train for statistical experts within the labor unions

6. Key Outputs The recognition of the union members’ living statue
The regional proper items and price
The statistical 100 experts in FKTU&KCTU

7. Activities (1) - period : Sep. – Oct. - Sampling houses: 2,000
The investigating on income and expenditure of the union members’ household
- period : Sep. – Oct.
- Sampling houses: 2,000

8. Activities (2) A survey of the market price of the whole nation
- Period: On October
- Limit: 50 markets of 16 metro-politan cities
- Items : 500 items
- Investigators: 100 persons
- Thank you very much -

9. Activities (3) The training for the statistical survey
- Period: On September
- Participants: 100 persons
- Thank you very much -

10. Activities (4) Joint writing by researcher - Period: Nov. – Dec.
- Researcher: 2 persons of FKTU; 2 persons of KTFU; 3 persons of external specialists
- Advisory committee: 10 persons
- Thank you very much -

11. Activities (5)
A press interview on the living cost of workers’ household
- Period: on February, 2013
- Thank you very much -

12. Budget Proposal Survey of the market price Training Joint writing
1,000won
Dollar
Investigating on income and expenditure of household
100,000
87,000
Survey of the market price
10,000
8,700
Training
4,000
3,480
Joint writing
15,000
13,000
Press interview
200
174
Total
129,200
112,354