Suspected Coercion of Bakery Union Minnocho Withdrawal... Prosecution Requests Arrest Warrant for Hwang Jaebok, SPC CEO

Coercion to Leave Specific Labor Unions and Promotion Disadvantages... Support for Securing 'Management-Friendly' Union Members

The prosecution investigating the allegations of SPC Group's 'coercion of Paris Baguette bakery workers to withdraw from the union' has requested an arrest warrant for SPC CEO Hwang Jae-bok.

Hwang Jaebok, CEO of SPC.

The Public Investigation Division 3 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor Im Sam-bin) announced on the 27th that they have requested an arrest warrant for CEO Hwang on charges including violation of the Labor Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act and bribery.

CEO Hwang is accused of urging members of the Paris Baguette branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) Textile and Food Workers' Union to withdraw from the union and giving disadvantages in promotion personnel matters, while supporting the securing of members for the PB Partners labor union affiliated with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) Food Industry Workers' Union, which is favorable to management, at PB Partners, a subsidiary of SPC Group, from around July 2019 to July 2022.

He is also accused of unfair labor practices, such as making the union chairman give interviews or issue statements aligned with the management's position.

Additionally, from September 2020 to around May last year, he is suspected of receiving various investigation information, including the fact of a search warrant request and internal review reports, from a prosecution investigator and providing several million won worth of entertainment in return.

The prosecution is investigating allegations that PB Partners coerced members of the KCTU Textile and Food Workers' Union Paris Baguette branch to withdraw from the union or gave disadvantages in personnel matters.

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