<Anchor>
Not only this time, but also on the 8th and 12th, a person who was working for a courier passed away.
The courier union said 12 people died of overwork this year alone.
At that time, the government said it would come up with a countermeasure, but it has not been able to prevent a sad death.
It is time for all of us who want to receive courier packages at a faster and cheaper price along with government and company-level measures to think about a solution.
Next is reporter Jeong Seong-jin.
<Reporter> The
Minister of Labor and representatives of the courier industry announced a joint declaration ahead of the'day without courier service' on August 14th.
What has changed since'I try not to deliver late-night delivery'?
[Mr. A/Courier worker: It ends almost (at night) before 12:00.
Last week, Tue, Wed, Thu (I worked until 12 o'clock.)] The
promise of rest guarantees couldn't change the working conditions that would be overworked.
[Mr. A/Courier worker: I have to go to delivery and pick up another place, so I don't have time to eat.] During the
Chuseok holiday period, it was said that additional manpower was put into the sorting process, which was virtually'free', but only part of it.
[Mr. B/Courier worker: I know that it was supported by the union side.
At most, three people were sent to one office, but more than 100 people work (not enough.)]
Civic groups claim that it is largely due to the fact that ministries in charge of parcel delivery, such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Labor depend only on the promises and data of the courier.
[Park Seok-woon/Courier Workers Overworked Countermeasure Committee: The Ministry of Labor promised not to do late-night labor and late-night delivery, but that is the end.
Just by showing words...
.]
This time, the Ministry of Employment and Labor decided to thoroughly investigate the cause of death for courier workers, and conduct an emergency inspection of safety and health measures for 440 locations including major drop off centers and agencies.
We also decided to conduct a thorough investigation on the suspicion of ghostwriting the application for exclusion from the industrial accident insurance coverage, arising from the death of the late Kim Won-jong.
[Lee Jae-gap/Minister of Employment and Labor: We plan to take criminal prosecution against the exclusion of (industrial accident insurance) due to coercion.]
However, we will review fundamental work environment improvement such as direct employment and 5 days a week, free from repeated responses of crackdowns and corrections
.
Opinions are raised that it is time to do it.
(Video coverage: Min-cheol Kim, video editing: Jin-hoon Park)
▶ The text of the
courier who
died is "5 am when you go home"…
The company is "sick"