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2. This is the USFK plan to furlough South Korean national employees

Tue Dec 3, 2019, 08:16 AM

Dec 2019

(Yonhap Feature) Fears of furloughs haunt Korean workers in USFK amid lackluster defense cost talks
Feature 11:42 December 02, 2019

By Song Sang-ho

...Their anxiety mounted further when the USFK headquarters sent to their Korean Employees Union in October a memo hinting at the possibility of a furlough for workers.

"This memo officially informs you of the potential to furlough appropriated fund KN (Korean national) employees for more than 30 days effective April 1, 2020," the memo reads.

In the memo, the USFK also delineated steps to be taken without a new SMA in place between the allies. Those steps include issuing proposed furlough notices to impacted employees by Jan. 31, 2020, issuing furlough decision notices to them by Feb. 28 and commencing furloughs of the employees on April 1...

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191202002300325?section=features/features

Best wishes to the 12,500 South Korean workers who directly support our forces in South Korea.

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