Labor Negotiations for Changwon City Buses Past Midnight, 5 Hours Until Total Strike

by Lee Seryeong

Published 19 Apr.2023 00:17(KST)

Updated 07 Aug.2025 15:04(KST)

The collective wage negotiation between labor and management of city buses in Changwon, Gyeongnam, held at the Gyeongnam Regional Labor Relations Commission from 3 p.m. on the 18th, has passed midnight.

Buses that have completed their routes are parked at the public bus garage in Deokdong-dong, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam. <br>[Photo by Lee Seryeong]

Buses that have completed their routes are parked at the public bus garage in Deokdong-dong, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongnam.
[Photo by Lee Seryeong]

It is reported that labor and management are still at odds over the wage increase proposal demanded by the union.

As this is the final adjustment meeting, if negotiations fail, the union has announced that from the first bus at 5 a.m. on the 19th, 689 buses from 9 Changwon city bus companies will stop operating.