In a statement, the KHMU said the government forces searched its offices for several hours despite its intention to cooperate: “We strongly condemn the public security suppression of the labour movement. According to press reports, raids continued on 19 January as police targeted construction unions affiliated to the KCTU and the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU).
The government must demonstrate the ability to bring them to the negotiating table and reach a compromise before it is too late.The offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) and the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union’s (KHMU) were targeted by the Korean spy agency early on 18 January. In such grim circumstances, labor unions must not paralyze the economy by their unwarranted strikes. Union members claim that they cannot survive without the system, while their counterparts contend they cannot run their business if the system continues.Įvery citizen suffers from the skyrocketing oil and other prices from the Ukraine war.
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Unionized truck drivers and freight owners and transportation companies are confronting each other over whether to extend the system of ensuring an appropriate level of transportation fees, which was introduced in 2018, to 2022 and beyond. Laid-off workers and the unemployed are allowed to engage in union activities.Īs unions have a more powerful negotiation tool, they must return to the bargaining table. After the key clauses of the International Labor Organization went in effect in Korea, the right to strike was reinforced further. Unless they use physical force, employers cannot even fill vacancies with other manpower. The liberal administration’s lenient response to their strikes took a heavy economic and social toll.Ĭompared to international labor laws, Korea’s mostly side with labor unions. Such aberrations continued in Gwanghwamun Square and Yeouido without any interruptions even at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unionists frequently staged illegal strikes accompanied by violence against managers and occupation of the headquarters of companies. Such a stern response was absent during the five years of the Moon Jae-in administration. After demonstrating a passive response to unauthorized strikes by the KCTU over the past five years, the police said there is the will to “react immediately to the illegal strikes.” President Yoon vowed to sternly react according to the law whether it be illegal acts by employers or illegitimate behavior by employees. The first strike since the start of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration in March is drawing attention from the public. Steel from Hyundai Steel and soju from HiteJinro could not be exported. As a result, the distribution of cement from major distribution centers across the country stopped. The latest general strike was joined by 8,200 union members on the first day. The group took action on Tuesday, six months after it paralyzed nationwide distribution in November. A group of truck drivers under the combative Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) has gone on strike over pay.
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