South Korea's likely new President, Yoon Suk-yeol, believes:

-The work week should be 120 hours, not 52 -Food safety standards should be eliminated because "poor people should be allowed to eat substandard food for lower prices" -There should be no legal minimum wage

  • RandyLahey [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    damn, their standard workweek is already 52 hours? and they want to increase it? :proletariat:

    • cawsby [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      South Korean work culture today is like Japan in the 1990's bad.

        • cawsby [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Not as bad as it was 30 years ago.

          Abe pushed some reforms in 2018.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_labour_law

            • W_Hexa_W
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              1 year ago

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              • OfficialBenGarrison [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                Came here to say the same thing.

                The UK is also a "soft" one-party state and therefore the Tories are kinda big tent. Therefore Conservatives will legalize gay marriage or even compete with Labour in Wales for building low carbon housing.

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yeah, working conditions in Japan are/were just that fucked up. The country literally can't maintain it's population and the conditions of the average worker are a big part of that problem.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      It was actually lowered from 68 by the last administration. So, of course the new guy wants to double down on reversing everything out.