Hong Jun-pyo on the news of 'Courier Agency Owner's Extreme Choice'... "The militant union that only demands must be reformed"

Opposition presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo, member of the People Power Party. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, claimed that "to normalize the country, militant unions that only throw tantrums must be reformed."

On the 1st, Hong posted on his Facebook, expressing resentment towards the members of the delivery agency affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), introducing an article about a delivery agency owner who made an extreme choice, stating, "Isn't this going too far?"

Earlier, on the 31st, Mr. A, a man in his 40s who operated a delivery agency in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, made an extreme choice and was transferred to a hospital but passed away. In the will he left behind, he wrote, "The illegal work stoppages by union members, which I experienced for the first time, and their disruptive activities without the right to strike, were worse than the strike itself. Even after the strike ended, the notice that they would carry out even more intense union activities made each day of enduring with non-union members feel like hell."

There are 17 delivery workers employed at the agency operated by Mr. A, and it is known that more than half of them belong to the delivery union.

Regarding this, Representative Hong said, "Will you still oppose reforming militant unions? Now is the era of advanced countries."

On the 1st, Hong Joon-pyo, a member of the People Power Party, posted on Facebook claiming that militant labor unions need to be reformed. Photo by Hong, Facebook capture.

Meanwhile, the CJ Logistics Delivery Agency Union, composed of agency owners, issued a statement on the 31st, saying, "The government is only watching and not taking any action against the illegal activities of the KCTU, to which the delivery union belongs," and demanded, "The delivery union must sincerely apologize to the bereaved families and stop collective harassment, personal attacks, assault, and verbal abuse."

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