Seol’s courier storm was avoided… Delivery union, return to work on 30 days after general strike

Input 2021.01.29 12:36 | Revision 2021.01.29 14:52

The last tentative agreement at the National Assembly the night before
Classification personnel completed by the 4th of next month

The courier union, which declared an indefinite strike ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, ended the strike on the 29th.

The nationwide courier labor union decided to stop the strike by voting and approving a provisional agreement drawn up the previous day by the union, courier service, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport at the complex logistics center in Songpa-gu, Seoul at 12 noon. The union explained that “4286 members of the union participated in the voting, and the approval rate was 86% with 3687 votes in favor.” They plan to return to work on Saturday, the 30th.

The night before, the union, the courier, the government and the ruling party gathered at the National Assembly for six hours to debate, and then came up with a provisional agreement. Immediately after the drafting of the interim agreement, the union held an emergency expanded central executive committee and held a general meeting of members in each region on the morning of that day to approve the interim agreement.

Initially, the parcel delivery union was scheduled to hold a strike initiation ceremony this morning and about 5,500 members of the union would go on a general strike indefinitely. It is about 10% of the nation’s courier companies, and delivery disruptions are expected ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Although the details of this agreement are not disclosed, the first social agreement CJ Logistics (000120), Hanjin (002320)Unlike the participation of the Korea Integrated Logistics Association on behalf of private delivery companies such as Lotte Global Logistics and Lotte Global Logistics, it is reported that private delivery companies signed in person this time. As a result, the union explained that the labor-management agreement, which the courier union had put forward as a condition to withdraw the strike, was in effect.

The courier company agreed to complete the input of the labor union and the manpower that it had decided to use for sorting by the 4th of next month, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport decided to form and operate an on-site investigation team for the input of sorting personnel. It also agreed to pay more than the minimum wage to courier workers who inevitably sort after finishing the parcel delivery price discussion by May.

On the 21st, the labor and management of the government and the courier industry signed a first agreement stating that the courier sorting job would be excluded from the scope of the basic work of courier workers, and that the management would use a dedicated manpower. However, on the 27th, six days after signing the agreement, the union declared a full strike, claiming that the couriers were no longer using additional personnel other than the sorting manpower they promised to put in last October.

At the time, the courier union said, “The site did not change even after the agreement.” Percentage of courier drivers have to sort, but the couriers believe that the responsibility will end once they put in the sorting personnel they promised.” He said, “How can this be said to be the result of social consensus?”