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Korean shipbuilding industry, which has been difficult in recent years, has regained its No. 1 position in the world again this year.



There were so many orders that people wanted to build a boat, but there were no people, so they couldn't make it, but reporter Jeong Hye-jin explains in detail why this is happening at the site.



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2016 is considered the worst year for the domestic shipbuilding industry.



Within a year, the total number of orders received in the shipbuilding industry shrank by one-fifth.



He did not hesitate to win low-priced orders, saying that offshore plants such as oil rigs would become a new source of revenue.



The three shipbuilders responded to the crisis, particularly by reducing their subcontractor staff.



Subcontractors accounted for more than 60% of the total workforce in the shipbuilding industry and exceeded 130,000, but more than 80,000 were laid off within six years.



[Yoon Jang-hyeok / Chairman of the National Metal Workers' Union: Over the past several years, tens of thousands of subcontractor workers in shipyards have been kicked out of the factory because of the recession.]


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The union claims that the wages of those who survived have also been cut by more than 30%.



[Yoo Choi-an / Deputy Chairman of the Geoje Tongyeong Goseong Shipbuilding Subcontracting Association of the Metal Workers' Union: We are taking over the ships and fighting the siege.

It is to guarantee the most basic rights to shipbuilding subcontractors.]



Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the main contractor, says it cannot afford to raise wages due to accumulated deficit.



In addition, the labor and management of subcontractors are backing down, saying that wage and treatment issues should be resolved.



[Lee Young-ho / Head of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Support Headquarters: There is no way we can force our partners to negotiate, and the subject we will negotiate with subcontractors is not a matter legally.] With



the 27th day of occupation As the work was stopped, the conflict between the head office and subcontractors of Daewoo Shipbuilding is also spreading.



[Myung Seok-hyun / Representative of the Daewoo Shipbuilding Branch of the Korean Federation of Trade Unions: Since the launch is delayed, the next process continues to be delayed, so I am in a position to not be able to work.

So I am suffering from hardship because I cannot work overtime and overtime.]



After all, as more than 13 trillion KRW of public funds are invested in Daewoo Shipbuilding, the Korea Development Bank and the government, which are the largest shareholder and have the de facto decision-making power, need to be more active in arbitration. there is.



(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)



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