Suwon Gyeongjin Passenger, 'Normal Operation' from the 12th... Re-strike Decision on the 15th

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Kyungjin Passenger Transport has withdrawn its strike after just one day and will enter a temporary compliance normal operation until the 15th. Accordingly, standing passengers will be prohibited during this period.

The Kyungjin Passenger Transport branch of the Gyeonggi branch of the Democratic Bus Headquarters of the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union (KPTU) announced on the 12th that it will suspend the ongoing full strike until the 15th and engage in dialogue with the management and local governments.

The routes operating normally are No. 3000 (Gangnam Station), 7770 (Sadang Station), 7780 (Sadang Station), 7800 (Sadang Station), 8471 (Pyeongtaek Anjung Terminal), 8472 (Pyeongtaek Anjung Terminal), and 9802 (Hwaseong Sagok Intersection), among others.

With the Kyungjin Passenger Transport union declaring the normal operation of metropolitan bus routes just one day after the strike began, a traffic chaos during commuting hours has been avoided. However, the ban on standing passengers continues, so passenger inconvenience such as long waiting lines is expected to persist for the time being.

Also, since they have stated that if there is no progress in negotiations by the 15th, they will resume the strike, the risk remains.

Earlier, the union had been negotiating with management over wage increases and other issues since April, but the talks ultimately broke down, leading to a mediation request to the Gyeonggi Regional Labor Relations Commission, which also ended in failure.

Accordingly, they have been conducting a compliance struggle since the 6th and launched a full strike halting metropolitan bus operations on the 11th.

Suwon City temporarily lifted the individual and corporate taxi rotation system and prepared emergency transportation measures such as deploying official buses and charter buses on routes to Sadang and Gangnam.

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