Seoul Transportation Corporation Union resolves labor dispute... “If there is no progress in negotiations, we will strike”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yu Han-joo = The Seoul Transportation Corporation Labor Union decided on the 15th to initiate a labor dispute, demanding a wage increase and withdrawal of the workforce reduction plan. If there is no progress in future negotiations, we plan to go on strike.

The Seoul Transportation Corporation Union held an extraordinary delegates' meeting on this day and announced that it had decided to initiate a labor dispute to secure a wage and collective agreement in 2026.

The union declared the breakdown of negotiations with management in the third main negotiation on the 29th of last month.

The union's core demands include a 3.5% wage increase, a complete withdrawal of the plan to reduce the workforce of 2,212 people, recruitment of 1,313 shortage workers within the year, government support for public service costs, and mandatory two-person teams on site.

The union claimed that the management did not present specific measures for key demands due to discussions with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organizational diagnosis.

Accordingly, it was decided to apply for mediation of the labor dispute to the Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission on the 16th and to hold a vote for or against industrial action on the 2nd to 5th of next month.

On the 6th of next month, we plan to hold a joint press conference with the National Railroad Workers' Union to announce the voting results and future plans, hold a general meeting of union members on the 17th of next month, and begin the fight for compliance from the 20th.

If there is no progress in negotiations, the policy is to take industrial action, including a strike.

The union said, "The resolution to initiate this dispute is not a simple request for a wage increase, but a decision to protect the safety of workers and citizens by preventing large-scale workforce reductions and recruiting insufficient field personnel."