Assault by 'Kick' on Workbench... Delivery Workers' Union "We Reached an Agreement" vs. Non-Union Members "Never Happened, Forced Union Membership"

CCTV footage showing a delivery union official assaulting a non-union worker. / Photo by Online Community Capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Juhee] A video showing an executive of the National Courier Workers' Union (Courier Union) kicking and assaulting a non-union member has sparked controversy. In response, the Courier Union stated that "the matter has already been reconciled," but the victim in the video reportedly claimed that "no agreement was reached."

According to media reports including JoongAng Ilbo on the 7th, a post criticizing the Courier Union titled "Is it okay to assault someone at the courier sorting center (terminal) if they join the union?" was recently uploaded on a community board used by the Courier Union.

The post included an 8-second closed-circuit television (CCTV) video from inside a courier sorting center, circulating among delivery workers under the title "Assault by the Courier Union executive on a non-union member."

The video shows a man wearing a red headband jumping onto the sorting workbench, throwing a courier box at another man standing opposite him, and kicking him. The man who was kicked falls backward and disappears from the video, but the assailant then rushes at the victim again.

The video was dated April 9, 2019, and the incident was confirmed to have occurred at a courier sorting center in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi Province. The man who committed the assault was identified as Mr. A, former vice chairman of the Courier Union.

As the controversy spread, the Courier Union issued a press release stating that "(Mr. A and the assault victim Mr. B) have reconciled and reached an agreement," adding that "(Mr. B) does not want this issue to become a controversy. Mr. B has also voluntarily joined the union."

However, Mr. B's position was different. Mr. B told JoongAng Ilbo, "We have reconciled, but no agreement was made. Even after two years, no agreement has been reached regarding hospital bills or anything else at the time." Regarding why he joined the union, he said, "I joined the union because I no longer wanted to fight with union members," adding, "Since the incident, union membership at the terminal I belong to has been enforced coercively."

The incident reportedly arose when union members raised their voices using a microphone at the courier sorting center, and non-union members protested against the noise.

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