SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized delivery workers on Friday threatened to launch a general strike unless measures are put in place to prevent their overwork before next month’s Lunar New Year. Parcel deliveries are expected to increase around the holiday, which falls on Feb. 12 this year, as people travel to their hometowns [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s parcel delivery workers on Wednesday called on their companies to offer measures to prevent overwork-related casualties and keep a promise to beef up staffing. A civic task force working for the rights of delivery workers, which was formed in July to improve working conditions for couriers, said [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A nationwide initiative in the logistics industry will see handles added to delivery boxes to help delivery personnel carry them. CJ Logistics, Lotte Global Logistics and other major logistics firms joined hands with the Ministry of Employment and Labor to add handles to some 670,000 delivery boxes next year. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it will consult with logistics companies to improve the labor conditions of parcel delivery workers and crack down on unfair practices, in response to public outcry over a recent series of deaths blamed on overwork. The ministries of labor and transport jointly announced a series [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top retailers announced plans to install handles on private-label brand (PB) boxes for easier delivery by staff. Emart, Lotte Mart and HomePlus submitted a new proposal on October 20 to the Ministry of Employment and Labor via the Korea Chainstores Association (KOCA). The labor unions of each [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Delivery workers contracted with Lotte Global Logistics ended their strike late Thursday after reaching an agreement with the company on compensation and work conditions. The unionized workers launched a nationwide strike Tuesday demanding better treatment following a series of deaths of their colleagues, apparently from overwork. “We have decided [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Delivery workers at Lotte Global Logistics on Tuesday launched a nationwide strike to demand better treatment following the deaths of their colleagues apparently from overwork. The workers announced the strike at a distribution center in southeastern Seoul, saying they will be joined by around 250 colleagues across the nation [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanjin Transportation Co., the logistics arm of Hanjin Group, said Monday it will suspend overnight parcel delivery services starting next month, becoming the first local company to take such action to help prevent overwork among deliverymen. The move came as one of its delivery workers died earlier this month [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 4,000 parcel delivery workers backtracked from a plan to stop sorting parcels in protest of heavy workloads ahead of the Chuseok holiday, a civic advocacy group said Friday. The civic task force working for the rights of delivery workers and associated with the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 4,000 parcel delivery workers will refuse to sort parcels in protest of heavy workloads ahead of the Chuseok holiday, a civic advocacy group said Thursday. The civic task force working for the rights of delivery workers and associated with the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) said [...]