Rider Union "Immediate Introduction of Safety Delivery Fee Needed... Wage System Reform Incomplete"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] The delivery workers' union, Rider Union, has demanded the introduction of a safety delivery fee.

On the 28th, Rider Union held a press conference in front of Baemin Riders Southern Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, stating, "The tentative wage negotiation agreement between the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Service Federation and Woowa Brothers failed to reflect the freezing of the basic delivery fee and the issue of unpaid labor for pickups," and argued, "We need to discuss the introduction of a proper distance-based fare system and a safety delivery fee."

Earlier, on the 24th, Woowa Brothers, which operates Baedal Minjok, and the Delivery Platform Branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Service General Union agreed on a negotiation plan centered on changing the delivery fee calculation standard from straight-line distance to navigation-based actual distance.

However, Rider Union pointed out that the agreement failed to resolve the issue that the basic delivery fee, frozen for seven years, and the so-called 'pickup' distance?where riders go to the restaurant to collect the food to be delivered?are not reflected in the delivery fee.

Furthermore, they stated, "Only the company has the data needed to calculate what changes will occur by changing the distance standards and surcharge system proposed in Baedal Minjok's wage system reform plan," adding, "We cannot tell whether the new wage system is advantageous or disadvantageous to the workers."

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