18,000 Coupang Delivery Drivers to Take Time Off for June 3 Local Elections

Over 6,000 Drivers Take Days Off Each Day During Early and Main Voting
"Encouraging Participation in Local Elections"

Coupang Logistics Service (CLS) announced on May 19 that more than 18,000 delivery drivers across the country are scheduled to take time off over the three days of early voting and general voting for the nationwide local elections.

Starting 50 days before the local elections, on April 15, CLS sent official notices to contracted delivery agencies nationwide, requesting their cooperation to guarantee delivery drivers' voting rights for the nationwide local elections. Through these notices, the company encouraged agencies to adjust days off so that drivers could participate in voting during the early voting period (May 29 and 30) and the main voting day (June 3), for a total of three days.

Coupang Logistics Service Encourages Voting in the June 3 Local Elections, 18,000 CLS Contracted Delivery Drivers Take a Day Off. Coupang

Delivery offices not only sympathized with CLS's intent but also considered the operational difficulties that may arise from a uniform day off, such as increased workloads the following day. As a result, they are adjusting delivery schedules so that drivers can take at least one day off out of the three voting days. So far, more than 6,000 drivers have applied for a day off each day during the three-day voting period, meaning that over 18,000 drivers in total are expected to take time off.

CLS plans to send additional requests for cooperation to all contracted delivery offices nationwide before the local elections, encouraging even more drivers to take time off. Depending on each driver's schedule, it is also possible to take two or more days off.

A CLS representative explained, "CLS was the first in the industry to introduce a backup driver system, so while we offer customers 'seven-day-a-week delivery service,' our delivery drivers can work 'five days or less per week.' Even during the June 3 local elections, we are working with our delivery offices to promote a campaign encouraging time off, in order to guarantee that our delivery drivers can participate in voting."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.