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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The doctors’ association vowed Tuesday to launch a nationwide strike if the government “unilaterally” pushes for raising the medial school enrollment quota. The health ministry is widely expected to announce a plan later in the day to increase the number of medical students by up to around 2,000 starting [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steelmaker POSCO is currently facing its first labor strike crisis since its foundation. The labor union at POSCO, which is affiliated with the Korean Metal Workers’ Union under the Federation of Korean Trade Unions umbrella, will hold an inaugural ceremony for its Dispute Countermeasures Committee at the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Chanel Korea’s sales employees, working at domestic department stores and duty-free shops, have launched an all-out strike. Members of the Korean unit of the French luxury fashion house’s labor union, representing sales workers at department stores and duty-free shops, went on strike from Friday to Monday due to management’s [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized medical workers demanding better working conditions and increased support for public medical institutions ended their two-day general strike Friday, after their walkout caused patient inconvenience and operational disruptions at hospitals across the country. About 45,000 nurses, caregivers and other members of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Wednesday it has decided to file a criminal complaint against a truckers’ union for obstructing its on-site investigation during its strike last year. The move came after officials from the watchdog were denied entry to the offices of the Korean Public Service and Transport [...]