SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp. and its labor union said Thursday they have reached a tentative agreement over wages and working conditions, possibly ending their drawn-out labor dispute that was feared to undermine the automaker. The union said its members will vote on whether to accept the deal on Tuesday. [...]
PYEONGTAEK, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Nonghyup Logistics Service Inc.’s decision to fire groups of truck drivers and labor union members sparked a protest that is turning into a major dispute between the two parties. Last month, Nonghyup Logistics terminated contracts with truck drivers at the Anseong Logistics Center in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province after they [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gwangju job project, intended to create thousands of new low-paying jobs to help fight unemployment in provincial areas, appears to have hit a snag in the face of resistance from laborers, officials said Wednesday. The project calls for Hyundai Motor to build a new assembly plant in Gwangju, [...]
Washington, D.C., Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In airport demonstrations all around the globe, thousands of airport workers and their supporters are putting airlines like United (UAL) on notice as they call for fair wages, union rights, and safe workplaces. With the support of the International Transport Workers’ Federation and the UNI Global Union, airport [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — White-collar employees and engineers at SK hynix Inc. on Thursday announced the launch of a new labor union, calling for the management to adopt a transparent evaluation system for workers. The SK hynix division of the Korean Chemical & Textile & Food Workers’ Union said it has officially opened [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Online gaming giant Nexon Korea Co. launched a labor union on Monday, a first for a game service provider in South Korea. “The establishment of the Nexon union will act as a tow truck to improve labor conditions in the gaming industry as a whole,” the union said in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that temporary workers who held positions as car salespeople at car dealerships are guaranteed rights outlined by labor union laws. A ruling by Judge Hong Sun-uk yesterday dismissed the petition by car dealership owners to “cancel the decision to allow the labor union [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Tomorrow marks the 50th day that workers of Oracle Korea, the IT firm headquartered in the U.S., have been on strike, breaking the record for the longest strike by workers of an overseas IT firm. The previous record was held by workers of Fujitsu Korea for an 18-day strike [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Broadband’s maintenance arm, Home & Service, overlooking the installation and repair duties of SK’s Internet and IPTV services, said that it was initiating a work strike. The company’s union held a press conference yesterday in front of the company’s main office in Jongno, Seoul to reveal plans to [...]
INCHEON, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Temporary employees at GM Korea were not included in the negotiation process between GM Korea and its labor union concerning wages. Nor were they included in the talks between GM Korea and the government on a recapitalization deal. The new deals for GM Korea did not leave the some-2,000 [...]