From tomorrow, all vehicles pass high pass… High-speed road toll payer strike

In 2019, the KCTU public solidarity union, the Korean Expressway Corporation sales office, is protesting by demanding direct employment at the headquarters. [뉴스 1]

The labor union of the Korea Expressway Corporation Service (Correcting Service), which is in charge of the payment of expressway toll booths, goes on strike from 6 am on the 10th. All of the toll booths of expressway toll gates, which used to receive tolls in cash and credit cards, are closed.

Accordingly, the Korea Expressway Corporation said, “All vehicles using the highway during the strike must pass through the high-pass lane.” Vehicles that do not have a high-pass terminal can also use the high-pass lane, and the toll is charged separately later.

According to the potters service on the 9th, the labor and management negotiated over wage hikes, welfare benefits, and whether to transfer the jurisdiction, but failed to narrow the disagreement. The pottery service union notified that “we will go on strike from 6 am on the 10th.”

The potter’s subsidiary, potters service, includes about 5,100 of the 6,500 fee-payers who were previously contracted for service companies, who agreed to convert to regular employees of the potter’s subsidiary. The company is responsible for bill collection and call center operations.

During the toll collector’s strike, all vehicles must pass by high pass lane. [사진 국토교통부]

Unlike these, about 1,400 people who refused to go to subsidiaries and were directly hired by potters are in charge of cleaning toilets in drowsy shelters, collecting garbage, cleaning rest area squares, and cleaning green areas on the slopes of highways.

As the union decided to go on strike, the potters and potters service decided to pass all vehicles through the high pass lane. A potter said, “Because there is an image recognition device in the high-pass lane, vehicles without high-pass can be charged individually later.”

Previously, the potters service union demanded that ▶ the same level of welfare as the parent company (potters) ▶ transfer of the direct management service station and gas station business ▶ the same wage level as the potter’s on-site support position ▶ the parent company and subsidiary labor-management four-party councils were held.

However, the management expressed confusion, saying that the union’s demand was unreasonable. According to the company, payers were converted to subsidiaries, raising wages by 35% at once. According to the data submitted by the potter to the National Assembly, the rate receivers received an annual salary of 26 million won at the time of contracting for a service company, but increased to about 36 million won after the conversion to a regular subsidiary.

The potter’s head office is a full-time employee who is hired as a full-time employee to do cleaning and garbage collection. [사진 한국도로공사]

In addition, the company explained that the wage peak system operated by the potter’s headquarters was abolished by the potters service, and that the retirement year was increased to 61 years old. In addition, the pottery service was designated as other public institutions earlier this year and became an official public company. That means it has become a stable job.

A senior official of the potter, who requested anonymity, said, “There were many difficulties in converting to a public company, but it was promised when converting to a subsidiary, so we did our best to make it happen.” It’s hard to convince you to do it,” he said.

The potters service is in a position to narrow the disagreement by continuing labor-management consultations even during the strike. President Roh Hang-rae of Potter Service said, “Currently, the high pass usage rate is 86%, so it is expected that there will be no major difficulties in vehicle communication.” “We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the strike, especially ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. I will do my best for it.”

Reporter Kang Gap-saeng [email protected]