Gimpo Courier Union Exposed for Swearing and Threats... In Group Chat, "XXX-kki, I Want to Kill You"

Branch Manager's 'Extreme Choice' Related KakaoTalk Chatroom Revealed
Threats Made by Visiting Non-Union Member's Home

Chat contents from the public KakaoTalk room. /Photo by MBC

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] A social media conversation revealing that members of the National Courier Workers' Union continuously verbally abused and attempted to take over the CJ Logistics delivery agency in Gimpo, whose manager, Mr. Lee, tragically took his own life after suffering from collective bullying by the union, has been disclosed.

Earlier, on the 2nd, the National Courier Workers' Union held a press conference stating, "There were sarcastic remarks and mockery towards the deceased, but no verbal abuse or profanity," and claimed, "Under pressure from CJ Logistics, the deceased submitted a letter of agency abandonment. The union never demanded the deceased to give up the agency through official documents, rallies, or group chats."

However, according to the group chat contents of the agency obtained by MBC on the 3rd, some militant union members were found to have continuously verbally abused Mr. Lee and non-union couriers.

On the morning of the 1st, a portrait was placed at the incense altar of Lee, a delivery agency owner in his 40s, set up at a courier company terminal in Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do. Photo by Yonhap News

According to the group chat, when a union member reported in June that "Mr. Lee collapsed and was hospitalized," other members responded with comments like "Isn't he faking it?", "Doesn't he use a wheelchair?", and "He watches too many dramas." Other union members used profanities such as "XXX-kk... XX-shin," and "XX-kk."

On July 12, union member Kwon said, "Because of the comrades here, Mr. Lee has, for now, given up the agency," adding, "We need to fight harder to achieve better results."

In response, union member Moon said, "Although Mr. Lee has left, from now on is the important part. Let's work harder and take over the agency." Both Kwon and Moon were named in Mr. Lee's suicide note as the union members who bullied him, with their real names disclosed.

There is also evidence that union members secretly investigated Mr. Lee's various debts and financial situation.

The union members shared information about Mr. Lee's apartment sale, mortgage, sale price, and debt status. They exchanged remarks such as "Mr. Lee has nothing but debt" and "The apartment is up for a quick sale."

Despite knowing Mr. Lee's difficult financial situation, one union member reportedly appeared on YouTube claiming, "Mr. Lee earns 40 to 50 million won per month."

Moreover, union members were found to have visited the homes of non-union delivery couriers to verbally abuse and threaten them. One union member mentioned a non-union courier's name in the chat, saying, "Those ×× can't get their act together. Worse than the corrupt manager, those ×× are despicable, I want to kill them," and threatened, "Since it's in front of their house, come out."

A representative of the National Courier Agency Federation said, "Why does the courier union, which claims to have conducted an objective investigation, omit such conversation contents? It is clear that the reason for the bullying was to take over the agency. The union's abuse of power is rampant."

The will left by this director.
Photo by CJ Logistics Courier Agency Association

Meanwhile, around 11:53 a.m. on the 30th of last month, an employee of an apartment complex in Gimpo found Mr. Lee, in his 40s, collapsed in a flower bed and reported it, but he ultimately passed away. Subsequently, two pages of a suicide note on A4 paper were found in Mr. Lee's clothing pocket.

According to the suicide note released by the bereaved family, Mr. Lee wrote, "The illegal slowdowns by union members I experienced for the first time and their strike activities without the right to strike, as well as the notification that they would carry out even more intense union activities after the strike ended, made each day of enduring with non-union members feel like hell."

He continued, "Trying to pull myself together and hold on, hoping for better days, but their collective bullying and increasingly severe slowdowns pushed my depression to the extreme, making it impossible to endure."

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