Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service union approves industrial action with 95.86% approval... A full-fledged joint struggle

Wage negotiations break down, Central and Labor Committee mediation is suspended... Joint Struggle Headquarters launched on the 29th

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seong-gu Ok = The vote for industrial action by the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service's labor union, which has been demanding resolution of the wage gap and expansion of manpower, was passed with an overwhelming approval rate of over 95%.

The corporation's union announced on the 28th that 95.86% of voters were in favor as a result of a two-day industrial action vote conducted from the 27th to this day. The approval rating of all six unions participating in industrial action within the complex exceeded 90%.

The corporation's union is demanding resolution of the wage gap, improvement in treatment, and expansion of manpower and budget.

Despite 18 working-level negotiations and 3 main negotiations with the management, wage negotiations broke down, and the National Labor Relations Commission decided to suspend mediation.

With this approval vote, the corporation's union secured its legal right to protest.

The industrial complex's union plans to officially launch a joint struggle headquarters with unions within the industrial complex on the 29th and gradually increase the level of struggle.

Shin Hyun-woo, president of the industrial complex's union, emphasized, "The overwhelming approval rating of 95.86% is the result of the union members' anger that has been building up and their desperation that they cannot tolerate it any longer. We will fight to the end to secure a fair wage increase, improved treatment, and securing manpower and budget."