Delivery Workers' Union Agrees to Resume Work... After 64 Days of Strike (Comprehensive)

Policy to Resume Operations Starting from the 7th

Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions' National Courier Workers' Union (Courier Union) are shouting "Hooray" in front of the CJ Logistics headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 2nd. The Courier Union reached an agreement with the CJ Logistics Courier Agency Federation on this day and decided to end the strike. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions' National Courier Workers' Union (Courier Union) reached an agreement with the CJ Logistics Courier Agency Union on June 2 and decided to end the strike. It has been 64 days since the strike began.

At 3 p.m. on the same day, the Courier Union held a report meeting in front of the CJ Logistics headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, announcing, "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 work," signaling the end of the strike and the return to the field.

The Courier Union and the Agency Union resumed talks at 2 p.m. that day and reached this outcome. Previously, the two sides had held six rounds of talks since May 23 but showed disagreements over the annex agreement of the standard contract, leading to a suspension of talks on May 25.

The Courier Union stated, "Union members will draft a standard contract with individual agencies based on the remaining period of the existing contract and return to work. All union members will actively participate in normalizing services and will not obstruct lawful alternative deliveries." Additionally, both sides agreed to support maintaining contractual relationships between agencies and courier workers.

However, both parties agreed to start discussions on the annex agreement immediately upon returning to work and to conclude them by June 30.

The Courier Union also announced an agreement to ensure that any civil and criminal complaints raised during this incident will not proceed and to jointly strive for labor-management coexistence and the development of the courier industry in the future.

The Courier Union plans for all striking members to attend branch report meetings on June 3, conduct on-site votes on the agreement by 1 p.m., draft the standard contracts by June 5, return to the field, and resume work starting June 7.

The Courier Union had launched the strike on December 28 last year, continuing for 64 days, claiming that most of the courier fee increases agreed upon socially to prevent overwork were being pocketed by the company and agencies. On June 10, they occupied the headquarters building unexpectedly but lifted the occupation after 19 days on June 28.

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