Prosecutors Summon Former SPC Vice President Over Alleged Coercion to Quit Bakery Workers' Union

Prosecutors investigating allegations that SPC Group forced Paris Baguette bakery workers to leave their union have summoned the group's former vice president for questioning.

Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

According to the legal community on the 14th, the Public Investigation Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Im Sambin) summoned Kim, former vice president of SPC Group (62), as a witness on the morning of the same day.

The prosecutors are reportedly questioning former Vice President Kim about whether there was group-level involvement in unfair labor practices by the subsidiary PB Partners. The prosecutors are investigating allegations that PB Partners pressured members of the Paris Baguette branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) Textile and Food Workers' Union to leave the union or imposed personnel disadvantages. In relation to this, on the 8th, former Executive Director Baek of SPC Group was questioned by prosecutors as a witness. On the 30th of last month, prosecutors conducted a search and seizure of the offices of Chairman Heo Young-in and three other executives, as well as the internal servers, at SPC Group headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul.

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