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As with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, labor-management conflicts are often escalating as lawsuits for damages from the management continue after the workers' strike.



There are many voices saying that conflict can be reduced only when legal and socially legal and illegal strikes can be clearly distinguished.



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These are truck drivers belonging to subcontractors who have been on the rooftop of Hite Jinro headquarters for a week.



The management filed a lawsuit asking them to pay 2.8 billion won, claiming that they suffered losses during the strike, but the union is demanding that it be withdrawn.



In recent years, there have been many cases where the head office is suing for damages against subcontractor unions.



The labor community argues that if the subcontractor union strikes, the head office responds by taking a back seat or handing over the supply to other subcontractors, which intensifies the conflict.



It is the position that the headquarters should at least create a so-called 'yellow envelope law' so that it does not cause excessive damages.



[Park Rae-gun / Standing Representative of a civic group hand in hand: It is to suppress the labor movement by using hand-bae and pressurization, which are economic means of pressure, as the main weapon.

The purpose of our Yellow Envelope Act is to say that we must prevent this from happening.]



However, companies are fighting that if the union has committed an illegal act, it should be held responsible for damages.



[Hwang Yong-yeon / Head of Labor Policy Headquarters: The employer is trying to exempt the employer from illegally causing damage.



Prior to this debate, it is pointed out that certain actions of the union should be clearly defined and should be done first.



Most OECD countries, such as the United Kingdom and Canada, have detailed rules regarding strike procedures and which actions are illegal and punishable.



[Goo Jeong-woo / Professor of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University: (During union activities) It is important to determine to what extent it is illegal.

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Rather than passing the legal and illegal judgments to the court and continuing the conflict for years, the system should be clarified in advance to reduce the buds of strife.



(Video coverage: Kim Gyun-jong, Seol Min-hwan, Kim Tae-hoon, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, CG: Choi Ha-neul)



▶ Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering sued the subcontractor union for 50 billion won in damages