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For three days from today (27th), irregular workers who work at subway stations and train stations across the country operated by the Korea Railroad Corporation and some public institution call centers will go on strike.
Workers are demanding that the discrimination against non-regular workers be eliminated and wages that have not risen in the past be raised.
This is reporter Jo Yoon-ha.
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Jung Myung-jae works as a station attendant at Jungdong Station (Seoul Subway Line 1).
He has worked for KORAIL Networks, a subsidiary of Korea Railroad Corporation, for over 10 years, but there is no significant difference in salary from the beginning until now.
This is because the company's non-regular workers do not raise their wages even after their annual leave.
[Jeong Myung-jae / KORAIL Networks worker: If workers in public institutions, not part-timers, earn 160, who will work?
If you say that you have worked for 20 years...
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Eunyoung Lee, who works as a consultant at a call center, received a promise to hire a full-time employee at his subsidiary last year, but it has not been fulfilled.
[Lee Eun-young / Health Insurance Corporation call center worker: It has not been done for 7 months now.
Counselors are trembling for fear that even their decision as an affiliated organization will be ruined due to this change of government.] About
3,000 subway station workers and non-regular workers at the Health Insurance Corporation call center are going on strike for three days from today for this reason.
They demanded that the discrimination against non-regular workers be eliminated and the wage that had been tied up in the past be raised to an appropriate level.
The railway company said that trains operate normally, but it is difficult to buy tickets face-to-face at stations across the country, so they urged people to use automatic ticket machines or the Internet.
The union plans to march from Guui Station to the Samgakji Station tomorrow, the 6th anniversary of Guui Station.