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Korea's shipbuilding industry, which has been difficult for the past few years, has recently been receiving an increase in orders for ships, and it is said that there are no people to build ships.



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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.



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



[Yoo Choi-an / Deputy Chairman of the Geoje Tongyeong Goseong Shipbuilding Subcontracting Branch of the Metal Workers' Union: We are occupying ships and siege struggles are underway.

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



Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the prime 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 what we negotiate with subcontractors is not a matter legally.



] With the suspension, 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 or overtime.]



After all, as more than 13 trillion won 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 intervene more actively. There is.