Ceremony for the Donation of Old Uniforms Held for Local Farmers in Jargalant, Ulaanbaatar on June 3
POSCO’s Representative Organizations, Including the POSCO Labor Union and Labor-Management Council, Participate in Overseas Donation Efforts and Have Been Washing, Packaging, and Transporting Old Uniforms Since March
Delivered to Low-Income Livestock Farmers in Mongolia in Collaboration with International NGO Global Sharing Movement
POSCO’s labor and management have achieved their first significant milestone in meaningfully repurposing old uniforms, which they have used together for the past 30 years. On June 3, POSCO’s labor and management held a ceremony at the Jargalant Community Development and Education Center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to donate old uniforms to low-income livestock farmers.
This donation was made in collaboration with the Global Sharing Movement (NGO), which conducts educational projects for low-income livestock farmers in Mongolia. The event was attended by representatives from POSCO’s labor organizations, including the POSCO Labor Union, the Labor-Management Council, the Labor Cooperation Office, and the Global Sharing Movement.
In February, POSCO introduced new uniforms that prioritize safety in line with global standards. The company announced plans to explore new uses for the existing sky-blue uniforms, including supporting vulnerable overseas communities. Of the old uniforms, 10,000 pieces will be used by workers in low-income livestock farming communities in Mongolia, 20,000 pieces were donated to a vocational training sewing center in Madagascar, and 60,000 pieces will be sent to job-creation sewing centers in the Philippines, Nepal, and Ethiopia to help low-income women become self-reliant. These uniforms will undergo reprocessing and commercialization.
Bon-seok Lee, the employee representative of POSCO’s Labor-Management Council, said, “We are honored to donate POSCO’s uniforms overseas and will continue to actively participate in meaningful activities in the future.” Seong-han Lee, the planning director of the POSCO Labor Union, said, “We will fulfill the social responsibilities of the union and lead the way in establishing an exemplary K-labor-management culture. We also plan to actively participate in volunteer and sharing activities in the future.” Since March, POSCO’s labor union and labor-management council have worked together on washing, packaging, and transporting the uniforms for donation.
Meanwhile, this donation effort is particularly meaningful in that it involved POSCO Group’s collective capabilities. POSCO Humans, the first domestic subsidiary-type standard workplace for the disabled, collected and washed the uniforms, while POSCO Flow used domestic and international logistics networks to transport them overseas.
▲POSCO’s labor and management representatives take a commemorative photo with livestock farming community members in Jargalant, Mongolia, after delivering the old uniforms.