CJ Logistics "Baseless Strike Holding Consumer Goods Hostage Must Stop"

On the 28th, delivery workers affiliated with the National Courier Workers' Union at CJ Logistics launched an indefinite general strike to urge the implementation of a social agreement to prevent death from overwork. Union members held a strike kickoff ceremony at the CJ Logistics Seongnam Terminal in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province. Among approximately 20,000 CJ Logistics delivery workers, about 2,500 are union members, and around 1,700 union members with bargaining rights are expected to participate in this strike. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] CJ Logistics stated on the 4th regarding the nationwide courier union strike, "We earnestly request the strike, which unjustly holds consumer goods hostage, to stop and to join in restoring the daily lives of the people."

In a statement released that day, CJ Logistics said, "Since the beginning of the new year, the company has been implementing the social agreement in the most exemplary manner in the industry by deploying more than 5,500 sorting support personnel so that delivery drivers do not have to perform sorting tasks."

They added, "According to the social agreement, if delivery drivers inevitably have to perform sorting tasks due to reasons such as manpower shortages, we will pay the costs and manage so that the total working hours do not exceed 60 hours per week," emphasizing, "The implementation of the social agreement, including the deployment of sorting personnel, is reported to the government and is also being inspected."

CJ Logistics strongly criticized the union, stating, "Despite providing industry-leading treatment such as an average annual income of 85.18 million KRW (in 2020) and implementing the social agreement in the most exemplary manner, the union continues to distort facts and make baseless claims."

Members of the nationwide courier union held a 'Courier Union CJ Logistics General Strike Resolution Rally' in front of CJ headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, that afternoon, urging the implementation of the social agreement to prevent overwork deaths among courier workers.

Earlier, the CJ Logistics branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions courier union began an indefinite general strike from the 28th, and some nationwide agencies decided to 'suspend acceptance (pickup)' due to labor shortages caused by the strike.

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