Courier Union Strike Ends... Returns to Work After 64 Days

The Delivery Workers' Union held the '2022 National Delivery Workers' Conference' on the 21st at Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul, urging CJ Logistics to implement the social agreement and accept dialogue. / Photo by Moon Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions' National Courier Workers' Union (Courier Union) has reached an agreement with the CJ Logistics Courier Agency Union and decided to end the strike.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, the Courier Union held a report meeting in front of the CJ Logistics headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, stating, "To prevent further damage to the public, small business owners, and courier workers caused by this incident, we will immediately end the strike and return to the field." The Courier Union and the Agency Union reached this conclusion through talks on the same day.

The Courier Union announced the agreement, saying, "We will support maintaining the existing contractual relationship between agencies and courier workers," and "Courier Union members will draft a standard contract with individual agencies based on the remaining period of the existing contract and return to work. All members will actively participate in service normalization and will not obstruct lawful alternative deliveries."

However, the Agency Union and the Courier Union agreed to start discussions on a supplementary agreement immediately upon returning to work and to complete it by June 30 of this year.

Additionally, the Courier Union announced the agreement that "we will cooperate to prevent any criminal or civil complaints filed by individual agencies due to this incident and will jointly strive for labor-management coexistence and the development of the courier industry in the future."

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