"Withdraw Unfair Dismissals" Hanjin Taekbae Union Launches Indefinite Strike in 7 Regions

On the morning of the 23rd, union members are shouting slogans at the 'Hanjin Courier General Strike Battle Departure Resolution Rally' held at Hanjin Gwangju Terminal in Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The Hanjin Delivery Labor Union, which has been claiming unfair dismissal of its members, has launched an indefinite strike in seven regions nationwide.

On the morning of the 23rd, the union held a send-off ceremony at the Hanjin Delivery logistics terminal in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, and began a full-scale strike. About 300 union members from seven regions including Gwangju, Icheon, Seongnam, Goyang in Gyeonggi Province, Geoje in Gyeongnam Province, Gimcheon in Gyeongbuk Province, and Ulsan are participating in this strike. The strike will proceed in a way that union members report to work at the designated time but do not perform delivery duties.

The union is protesting that four union members belonging to the Hanjin Delivery Buk-Gimcheon agency were collectively dismissed. According to the union, during the division of the Gimcheon agency into Buk-Gimcheon and Nam-Gimcheon agencies, the new branch manager gathered union members into one agency and tried to reduce their workload, and when the union members opposed this, they were dismissed.

Meanwhile, the CJ Logistics Changnyeong branch of the Delivery Labor Union also announced that since December last year, two union members have been consecutively terminated, and from today, all 11 union members of the branch will join the strike.

The union plans to launch a large-scale strike involving more than 1,000 union members in the Yeongnam region, including Gyeongnam, Daegu, and Ulsan, starting from the 25th if the management does not present advanced alternatives.

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