Taewan Kim, Chairman of the National Courier Coalition Union
“We must keep our promise to solve the classification problem before the holiday.”
On the afternoon of the 27th, participants are shouting slogans at a press conference on the initiation of a general strike of the national courier union held in front of the headquarters of Hanjin Courier in Jung-gu, Seoul. The union announced that the courier companies unilaterally broke social agreements, and that they will enter into an indefinite general strike from the 29th. Meanwhile, the members of the post office headquarters announced that from this day, they will focus only on delivery. yunhap news
The courier union declared a general strike six days after the courier worker and the courier reached a social agreement on the 21st, saying, “Sorting is the responsibility of the courier.” “The courier companies overturned the agreement to settle before the holiday,” said Kim Tae-wan, chairman of the National Courier Coalition Union.
Chairman Kim Tae-wan said that the responsibility for making a general strike decision in 6 days after appearing on YTN Radio’s’Lee Dong-hyung’s news head-to-head match’ on the 27th is on the side of the courier who violated the agreement phrase’classification is the responsibility of the courier’.
Regarding the agreement on the 21st, Chairman Kim said, “To prevent overwork of delivery drivers ahead of the New Year’s Day, we had a social discussion to solve the classification problem, and agreed to the conditions for sorting inevitably and the payment of corresponding fees.” Explained.
However, the situation in the field was different from the outcome of the agreement seen by the union. Chairman Kim said, “I asked when to put in the sorting workforce at the site ahead of the New Year’s Day, but I came across the country at the same time to confirm that the sorting work should continue.” They say that it should be agreed, but the agreement was ignored.”
Delivery companies have decided to use sorting personnel according to social consensus, and they are in a position that they are faithfully following the agreement. By March, CJ Logistics announced that it plans to inject 3,000 people and 1,000 people each from Hanjin Lotte Courier.
However, Chairman Kim said, “Even after the announcement that sorting personnel were to be put in in October of last year, there were courier workers who fell overwork, so we discussed social issues and asked to fundamentally solve the classification problem.” He said it was the basis for the cancellation.
Chairman Kim said, “The courier drivers say that the company is derisive and deceitful of the people who are concerned about the delivery driver and working conditions,” and “I decided to strike in the desperate feeling that this issue should be settled as quickly as possible before the New Year’s Day”. said.
He said, “I sincerely apologize to the people,” he said. “Please try to judge the conglomerates of Anhamuin together so that the overwork problem can be resolved quickly.”
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