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The strike plan was withdrawn from 10 airport union members in the southern region of the national airport union, which had announced an indefinite strike from the 10th day before the Lunar New Year holiday. By concluding wages and collective bargaining with the management.
The National Airports Union announced on the 9th that the agreement was finalized with the consent of the majority as a result of voting for and against the union members of the wage and collective bargaining plan prepared with the management of Southern Airport Services.
The agreement included a flat-rate increase of 50,000 won per month for all employees. The union said that the labor-management agreement also included the condition that Cho made an apology instead of the resignation of CEO Young-jin Cho, CEO of Southern Airport Services, which the union had previously argued.
On the 10th, the day before the Lunar New Year holidays, the labor and management, who had confronted with an indefinite strike notice, opened up conversations the afternoon before.
From 4 pm the previous day, the union and the management of the Southern Airport Service sat together, and have discussed the issue of wage increases.
The union said, “Even through marathon negotiations several times before the strike day, we did not achieve the goal of the struggle required by the union members, but we made a point of consensus in consideration of various conditions such as criticism from public opinion and inconvenience to the public due to the disruption of aircraft operation during the Lunar New Year.”
“All members of the airport labor union across the country appeal to the public about the terrible reality of its subsidiaries.” “Poor working conditions that do not guarantee safety, and treatment at the minimum wage level have fallen victim to the policy of regular directing non-regular workers as well as subsidiaries of Korea Airports Corporation. We clarify that this is the reality of all public corporation subsidiaries and urge the state to take responsibility and resolve it.”
Ahn Hye-won, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]
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