Changwon City Prepares Thoroughly for Emergency Transport Amid City Bus Strike... 542 City Buses to Halt on the 6th

Operation at 48% Level of Previous Service

Last year, the labor unions of seven city bus companies in Changwon City went on strike for three days due to a breakdown in wage negotiations. Photo by Kim Yong-woo kimpro7777@

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Changwon City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 5th that it has established emergency transportation measures in preparation for a city bus strike in the early morning of the 6th, including increasing the dispatch of city buses from four companies that are not participating in the strike.

Currently, representatives of labor and management from seven city bus companies have entered a mediation meeting at 2 p.m. under the Gyeongnam Regional Labor Relations Commission. If the second mediation meeting of the Regional Labor Relations Commission fails, from the first bus at 5 a.m. on the 6th, 542 out of 726 city buses from seven of the nine companies in Changwon will stop operating.

The union is insisting on a 6.8% wage increase, while management maintains a stance of wage freeze, removal of retirement age extension, changes to the seniority system, and changes to the method of retirement pay accumulation.

In response, the city plans to urgently deploy 150 charter buses, 11 city hall shared buses, and 400 rented taxis, and operate 160 city buses and 25 village buses from three companies that are not participating in the strike at about 48% of the usual weekday operation level.

Additionally, during the strike, the number of taxis operating is expected to increase from the usual 1,470 per day to 5,100.

The main details of Changwon City's emergency transportation measures in preparation for the strike can be found on the city’s official website or at the Eup/Myeon/Dong administrative welfare centers.

The city stated, "We understand the difficult situation of labor and management, but we cannot sympathize with the strike action that holds public transportation, the citizens’ means of transportation, hostage."

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