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. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unionized health workers called off their planned strike Thursday, hours before the unionized workers were set to go on a nationwide strike amid the pandemic. The Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union (KHMU), representing more than 56,000 nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals, said it reached [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized health workers will go on strike next week to demand better working conditions and the expansion of public health infrastructure amid the pandemic, their union said Friday, raising concerns over a workforce shortage in hospitals as South Korea is battling the worst wave of COVID-19. The Korean Health [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Representatives of the labor union at Samsung Display Co. on Monday launched their first-ever strike after failing to reach a compromise on a wage hike, and the walkout marks the first after group chief Lee Jae-yong promised to abolish the conglomerate’s “no labor union” policy. Six representatives of Samsung [...]