Declaration of strike by the parcel delivery union... "Delivery of 5,500 people from the day after tomorrow"

Six days after a social agreement was concluded, which stated that the classification work, which is one of the main causes of overwork by delivery workers, is the responsibility of the delivery company, the KCTU decided to go on a general strike again.

The parcel delivery union held a press conference today (27th) in front of the headquarters of Hanjin Express in Jung-gu, Seoul, and said, "As a result of the votes for and against the members of the general strike of the parcel delivery union held for two days on the last 20-21, 97% of the union members voted, and 91% were approved." "On the 29th, it will go into a general strike indefinitely," he said.

Accordingly, from the 29th, 2,800 members working in private couriers such as CJ Logistics, Lotte Courier, and Hanjin Courier will be delivered in the form of a general strike, and 2,650 members of the post office headquarters of the courier union will be delivered unless the Post Office has classified them individually. Participate in rejection.

The union emphasized that "even after a social agreement with the courier, the parcel service site did not change, so we went on strike," and issued a labor-management agreement as a condition to withdraw the strike.

Most of the courier drivers are in the status of private businesses, and are specially employed (specially skilled) workers who work under consignment contracts with courier companies or agencies, and that the courier company, the original courier company, must recognize the union and contain the contents of the social agreement in the labor-management agreement that has legal effect. is.

The union said, "Even if there are serious accidents of overwork at the workplace, the courier workers concentrate only on social agreements without dreaming of a legally enforced labor-management agreement, and in a desperate situation where no one can actually regulate even if the courier companies are repeatedly destroyed. Is in."

Chairman Kim Tae-wan, the courier union chairman, raised his voice, saying, "The announcement of a social agreement is the result of a conglomerate courier deceived and ridiculed the people and courier workers.

The union also held an emergency press conference yesterday and condemned that couriers unilaterally broke social agreements.

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