POSCO Branch Pohang Division Withdraws from KCTU Metal Workers' Union

The Pohang branch of the POSCO chapter of the Korean Metal Workers' Union, one of the multiple unions at POSCO, has completed its withdrawal from the Metal Workers' Union.

According to the Pohang branch of the POSCO chapter on the 13th, following a delegates' general meeting and notification to the Pohang branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor on the 2nd, the withdrawal from the Korean Metal Workers' Union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions was approved on the 9th. The Pohang branch of the POSCO chapter will receive a registration certificate for the POSCO Independent Labor Union and transition into a company union.

Currently, within POSCO, the POSCO union affiliated with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, which is the representative bargaining union, operates alongside the POSCO chapter of the Korean Metal Workers' Union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, including the Gwangyang branch.

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Earlier, in November last year, the Pohang branch of the POSCO chapter conducted a member vote on withdrawing from the Korean Metal Workers' Union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions to transition into a company union, receiving 69.93% approval. However, the Korean Metal Workers' Union raised procedural issues, and the Pohang branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor rejected the withdrawal request in December last year.

During this process, the Metal Workers' Union expelled three executives of the POSCO chapter, including the branch chairperson, the senior vice chairperson, and the secretary-general.

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