SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized subway workers called off their planned strike Friday after a last-minute deal was reached in wage negotiations with the management. Seoul Metro, the operator of subway Lines 1 to 8 in the capital area, reached an agreement with each of its three labor unions in the early hours [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. will stage a partial strike this week in solidarity with an umbrella labor union’s walkout against President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law declaration, according to the company’s union Thursday. Hyundai’s 43,000-strong union will hold a four-hour strike each on Thursday and Friday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Some train and subway lines experienced delays and cancellations Thursday after unionized workers of the national railway operator launched an indefinite general strike. Subway Lines 1, 3 and 4 in the capital area, as well as high-speed KTX trains and regular trains, were being delayed or canceled as workers [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A powerful union of bus drivers in Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds Seoul, called off a strike planned for Wednesday after reaching a last-minute wage hike agreement with their employers before dawn. The union, which has about 90 percent of city and intercity bus drivers in the nation’s [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unprecedented move, Samsung Electronics’ largest labor union, the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), launched a three-day general strike on July 8, marking the first time in the company’s history that employees have engaged in a “no work, no pay” strike. With over 6,500 union members participating, concerns are [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unprecedented move, Samsung Electronics’ largest labor union has declared its intention to stage a full-scale strike, raising concerns about potential disruptions at the tech giant’s operations. The National Samsung Electronics Labor Union, representing approximately 28,000 workers or 22% of the company’s workforce, announced on July 1 that wage [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said Monday the government ordered community doctors to keep providing medical treatment and report to authorities when they close their businesses, after the doctors voted to stage a strike in protest of the government’s medical reform. Cho issued the order a day after the Korean [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The union of intracity bus drivers in Seoul and their employers are set to hold last-minute negotiations over wage hikes Wednesday ahead of a threatened general strike that could halt the operation of 7,210 intracity buses, or 97.6 percent of the capital’s total, if carried out the following day [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The union of city bus drivers in Seoul said Monday its leaders agreed to start a general strike by all members later this week after failing to reach a deal on wage hikes with the Seoul city government. The Seoul Bus Labor Union, which has about 18,000 members at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry said Thursday that it will fully expand telemedicine services and mobilize assistant nurses if a major association of trainee doctors pushes ahead with a nationwide strike in protest of a plan to boost the number of medical students. Tension between doctors and the government has grown [...]