SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at Renault Samsung Motors Corp. on Tuesday voted to strike in protest against the company’s wage freeze proposal for the year. In a vote held at its sole Busan plant, 66 percent of the 2,000-member union agreed on industrial action for an increase in basic pay and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized railway workers ended their no-time-limit strike Monday following a five-day walkout, as they reached a deal with the management over a pay raise and better working conditions. After marathon talks, the labor union and the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL), the operator of train services, struck an agreement to [...]
DAEJEON/SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Calling for higher wages and more recruitment, railway workers across South Korea went on strike Wednesday, causing inconvenience for train passengers. Unionized workers kicked off a no-time-limit strike at 9 a.m., the first of such strike since a 74-day work stoppage from September to December in 2016. The collective [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Union workers of a bus company in Goyang, west of Seoul, went on strike Tuesday after wage talks with management broke down. Myungsung Transportation’s more than 270 buses on 20 lines, including those linking Seoul and the satellite city in Gyeonggi Province, stopped operations. The union and management failed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized railway workers on Monday wrapped up their 72-hour strike, but train schedules are likely to be affected until services fully resume later in the day. The 19,000-member Korean Railway Workers’ Union ended their 72-hour strike at 9 a.m. They had demanded the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) increase wages [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Railway services across South Korea were partially disrupted or delayed Friday as workers began a 72-hour strike demanding better working conditions. Around 82 percent of the country’s regular rail services were under operation as of 4 p.m., according to the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) and the Ministry of Land, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers of a Seoul subway began a three-day strike on Monday, demanding an increase in the number of workers and better working conditions. The labor union of Seoul Metro Line 9 Corp., which operates the second and third sections of Seoul Subway Line 9, launched the strike at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized workers at GM Korea Co. on Monday staged a full-scale strike for the first time in 22 years as they demand an increase in wages despite warnings from the company’s global headquarters. Some 8,000 workers participated in the walkout at the plants in Incheon, west of Seoul, and [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Subway workers in the southern city of Busan ended their two-day strike Thursday after the labor union and management reached a wage deal. Busan Transportation Corp., the city-run operator of the subway system, agreed with the union to raise wages 0.9 percent and hire 540 new workers. The members [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest strikes by non-regular workers in the public sector have put the Moon Jae-in government’s labor policy — including his iconic pledge on minimum wage hikes — to the test, experts say. Moon took office in May 2017 with a pledge to build a society that abides by [...]