GEOJE, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Subcontract workers at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) shipyard on the southeastern coast agreed to end their 51-day strike Friday, after labor and management struck a last-minute agreement on almost all contentious issues. About 120 unionized workers from DSME subcontractors had staged a sit-in at the [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The union members of five Naver Corp. affiliates have voted to take various forms of collective action. The South Korean search giant’s labor union, ‘Joint Statement,’ said Monday that the union members of five Naver affiliates, including Ntech Service, NIT Service, Green Web Service, Incomes, and CommPartners, all voted [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized cargo truck drivers on Tuesday have decided to end their walkout that caused nationwide logistic disruptions and delays after reaching an agreement with the government over a freight rate system. Members of the 22,000-strong Cargo Truckers Solidarity, under the wing of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, reached [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized cargo truck drivers extended their strike to a fifth day on Saturday, causing disruptions and delays in logistics nationwide, industry sources said. Some 33 percent, or 7,350 members, of the 22,000-strong Cargo Truckers Solidarity, under the wing of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, went on walkout as [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — As new cars are experiencing shipping delays due to semiconductor shortages, there are concerns that the recent cargo truckers’ strike will exacerbate the delay. Industry sources said that the chip shortage has left South Korean consumers with wait times of at least one year for new Korean-made vehicles. Buyers [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The labor and management of Samsung Electronics Co. have failed to narrow their differences in 2021 wage negotiations. Management sent an official letter to the labor union last week, saying, “If the union merges the agenda proposed in the 2021 wage negotiations with the 2022 wage negotiations, discussions would [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hankook Tire & Technology Co., the world’s sixth-largest tiremaker by sales, said it resumed operations at its two plants in South Korea on Sunday, 26 days after a strike began over this year’s wage deal. The deal reached Friday includes a 6 percent increase in basic monthly pay, 5 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1,000 food delivery workers will walk off the job next week as part of a general strike called by one of the country’s two umbrella labor organizations, union officials said Friday. Delivery workers of South Korea’s leading food delivery services, Baedal Minjok, Coupang Eats and Yogiyo, designated Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Department store salespeople from three foreign cosmetic brands will go on strike for two days during Chuseok holiday, demanding improvements to their work environment, welfare and work-life balance. Labor unions from L’Oreal Korea, Chanel Korea and Shiseido Korea under the Korean Federation of Service Workers Union are organizing the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The unionized workers of Seoul Metro, operator of the Seoul subway system, called off a planned walkout that was set to take place Tuesday as they reached a last-minute deal with the management. The deal was reached shortly before midnight following a marathon negotiation that began at 3 p.m. [...]