Courier Union: "CJ Logistics Shifts Additional Staffing Costs to Agencies and Delivery Workers"

On the morning of the 24th of last month, representatives from organizations including the National Courier Solidarity Union and the Seoul Headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions gathered in front of the Hanjin Delivery headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, urging "the conglomerate courier companies to take responsibility for the overwork-related deaths of courier workers and to immediately establish countermeasures." [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] It has been claimed that the cost related to the pre-delivery sorting work, considered one of the causes of overwork among delivery workers, is being passed on to the delivery workers themselves.

The Delivery Workers Overwork Death Countermeasures Committee (Countermeasures Committee) held a press conference on the 5th at the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy in Jongno-gu, Seoul, stating, "CJ Logistics is deceiving the public and betraying delivery workers by shifting the burden of (sorting work) costs."

Earlier, following a series of deaths among delivery workers, CJ Logistics announced on the 22nd of last month that it would deploy 4,000 sorting support personnel to delivery sites.

The Countermeasures Committee cited cases from various agencies nationwide, claiming, "CJ Logistics is unilaterally shifting the cost of deploying sorting personnel onto agencies and delivery workers." According to the committee, CJ Logistics headquarters notified regional agencies last week that "the headquarters will cover 50% of the additional costs, and the remaining 50% should be negotiated and handled within the agency."

The committee explained, "Agencies, having the cost burden shifted from the company, sometimes split the cost with delivery drivers in a 3 to 2 ratio or even pass the entire cost onto them." It was also confirmed that some agencies in Jeollanam-do and Gyeongsangnam-do have no plans to deploy sorting personnel at all.

The committee emphasized, "Although courier companies announced they would deploy sorting personnel starting this month, as of the 5th, no personnel deployment has taken place," adding, "The delay in personnel deployment is also closely related to the headquarters shifting the cost burden."

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