Daegu Metropolitan City to Provide Beotimeum Support Payments to Textile and Dyeing Workers

[Financial News, Daegu—Reporter Kim Jang-wook] Daegu Metropolitan City is making every effort to ease the financial burden on workers in the textile and dyeing industries, which are struggling amid instability in the Middle East and a global economic slowdown, while supporting employment stability.
To this end, the city will provide Beotimeum Project support payments averaging KRW 520,000 per person to a total of 2,960 workers before Chuseok.
The Beotimeum Project was launched after the city was selected for a Ministry of Employment and Labor project. It aims to address worsening business conditions in the region’s textile and dyeing industries amid growing external uncertainties, including the war in the Middle East, as well as concerns over declining worker incomes and employment insecurity.
The project is also a public welfare measure discussed at the first Emergency Economic Measures Meeting, which Mayor Choo Kyung-ho convened after taking office to respond to the emergency economic situation and prioritize people’s livelihoods. Based on feedback from industrial workplaces, Mayor Choo instructed officials to swiftly implement support measures that workers could directly feel.
Mayor Choo Kyung-ho stressed, "The more difficult the times, the more important it is to help citizens stay at their workplaces and continue their daily lives. I hope these support payments will be of at least some help to workers and their families as they enjoy a warm Chuseok holiday."
He added, "We will not spare any necessary support so that all citizens can overcome these difficulties together."
The support payments will be issued through Daeguro Pay, a local currency, to ease the holiday-related financial burden on workers ahead of Chuseok while encouraging local spending. The measure is expected to help stabilize workers’ livelihoods, revitalize neighborhood businesses and boost sales for small business owners.
Kim, who has worked for 32 years at Company A in Seo-gu, said, "There are many difficulties at the workplace, and I have been deeply worried about what lies ahead. Receiving this support payment at such a difficult time has given me great strength. Since I received it ahead of Chuseok, I think my family and I will be able to spend the holiday with a little more peace of mind."
Meanwhile, since launching the program in July, the city has focused on 'outreach promotion and field-based support' and has visited the Daegu Dyeing Industrial Complex, Seongseo Industrial Complex and Seodaegu Industrial Complex to hold information sessions.
Textile coordinators also visited individual workplaces to help workers complete applications and submit documents, providing careful assistance from the application stage so that even those unfamiliar with online applications or administrative procedures could participate easily.

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