title: The "Chair Campaign" in Korea: an alternative approach in occupational health and safety for service workers.
abstract: In spite of the increasing number of service workers in Korea, their occupational health and safety concerns have largely been neglected. It is in this context that the Chair Campaign, which lasted four months, was launched as an alternative occupational health approach for service workers. The campaign succeeded in getting wide public support, bringing about a special inspection by the Ministry of Labor. Finally, chairs were provided for workers at checkout counters in 71 department stores and 449 large discount stores. However, there are still many workplaces where workers cannot sit, whether chairs are provided or not. Although there is still much to be done, this campaign raised social awareness that service workers, mainly women, have the right to work in healthy and safe conditions. This paper will review the campaign and evaluate its achievements and limitations.
authors: Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, Wonjin Institute for Occupational & Environmental Health, 568-1, Myeonmok3-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul 131-831, Republic of Korea. lyk4140@hanmail.net
authors: Yun-Keun
authors: YK
authors: Lee
authors: Shin-Bum
authors: SB
authors: Kim
authors: Jinjoo
authors: J
authors: Chung
authors: Min-Jung
authors: MJ
authors: Jung
authors: Myoung-Hee
authors: MH
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003132:Commerce; D003358:Cosmetics; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007750:Labor Unions; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011187:Posture; D015397:Program Evaluation; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016526:Workload
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics