Arrest Warrants Dismissed for 9 Members of Daewoo Shipbuilding Subcontractor Union Leading Strike

On the morning of the 22nd, the 51st day of the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering subcontractor union strike, workers were arriving at the Okpo Shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Geoje-si, Gyeongnam.

The court dismissed the arrest warrants for the subcontractor union members of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

According to the Geoje Police Station in Gyeongnam on the 23rd, the Changwon District Court Tongyeong Branch dismissed the arrest warrants for nine subcontractor union members who were charged with obstruction of business and other offenses.

They are accused of illegally occupying a super-large crude oil carrier under construction at Okpo Shipyard Dock 1 last month on the 22nd.

Among them were union members, including Yoo Choi-an, vice chairman of the Geoje Tongyeong Goseong Shipbuilding Subcontractor Branch of the Korean Metal Workers' Union, who staged a protest behind bars and railings.

The court is reported to have dismissed the warrants because the occupation protest was lifted and the union members expressed their willingness to appear before the police.

A police official said, "After monitoring the progress of the union members' medical treatment, we plan to summon them sequentially to continue the investigation."

Meanwhile, the union members of the Korean Metal Workers' Union Geoje Tongyeong Goseong Shipbuilding Subcontractor Branch (Daewoo Shipbuilding subcontractor union), who had been on strike and occupying a super-large crude oil carrier (VLCC) under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding Dock 1, finally stepped onto bare ground on the 22nd through a labor-management agreement. It was the 51st day of the Daewoo Shipbuilding subcontractor union strike and the 31st day of the ship occupation protest.

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