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Ready-mixed concrete drivers from Busan and Gyeongnam went on a general strike today (9th) as the wage negotiations with the company were canceled.

If the strike goes on for a long time, it is likely to affect some 8,000 construction sites in the region.



This is KNN Correspondent Jo Jin-wook.



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is a ready-mixed concrete factory in Busan. 



It's time to go to work, but all 50 ready-mixed concrete units have stopped. 



The labor and management of ready-mixed concrete went on a general strike from today as they had difficulty negotiating wages such as transportation costs and welfare benefits. 



More than 1,800 ready-mixed concrete engineers from various places in Busan, Gyeongnam, Busan, Yangsan, and Gimhae have stopped working.



The workers are currently demanding that the transportation cost per 50,000 won per episode be raised to 63,000 won, and welfare expenses and incentives be paid.



[Kim Jeom-bin / Head of Busan Construction Machinery Branch of the Construction Workers' Union of the Federation of Trade Unions]: Inflation and insurance premiums are rising beyond what we can afford.

I really want to live like a human being.]



On the other hand, the management side is in the position that the increase in transportation costs is too large and it is impossible to pay other allowances.



[Park Jong-ho/Chairman of the Busan-Gyeongnam Ready-mixed Concrete Industry Development Council: (Cement price) increased by 40%, and the oil price also increased from 1,400 won to 1,900 won.



The two sides have narrowed their differences to some extent in the current transportation cost payment, but there is a large difference of opinion in the payment of allowances. 



In the end, each construction site is in an emergency as labor-management agreements fail and there are concerns about a prolonged strike.



Construction of up to 8,000 sites in Busan and Gyeongnam alone, including 100 large-scale construction sites, may be suspended.



The local construction industry is struggling with a series of bad news from last week's Reinforced Concrete Association's suspension of construction to the ready-mixed concrete strike.



(Video coverage: Park Eun-seong, KNN)