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CJ Logistics delivery workers on strike again

CJ Logistics delivery workers are going on strike for the fourth time this year, leading to the delay of approximately 500,000 packages.

2021-12-28

Drive-thru protest

Delivery workers that are members of the umbrella Korean Confederation of Trade Unions ride in convoy near the Baedal Minjok headquarters in Songpa District, southern Seoul on Thursday.

2021-12-23

Number of employees in food service segment rebounds

The number of employees in the food service segment rebounded in April from a year earlier as the job market recovered amid the economic recovery, data showed Tuesday.

2021-10-19

Logistic firms lay on delivery workers for holiday

Four major logistics companies will employ 10,000 more workers starting next week ahead of the Chuseok holiday season.

2021-09-03

Delivery strike ends as agreement is reached with union

A delivery strike is coming to an end after workers and logistics companies struck an agreement Wednesday.

2021-06-16

Coupang delivery worker dies days before NYSE listing

Coupang is facing another death-from-overwork claim just days before it is set for a monster listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

2021-03-08

Helping hole

A Korea Post employee lifts up a packaged box with two holes to help delivery workers lift boxes on Monday at the institution's headquarters in Jung District, central Seoul.

2020-11-23

Substantial policies are needed

The government unveiled measures to prevent overwork by couriers and delivery workers. The union representing delivery workers estimate 15 deaths this year alone from overwork. Their deaths mostly cannot be covered by industrial...

2020-11-15

Hanjin Transportation does about-face on delivery worker death

Hanjin Corporation apologized for the recent death of a delivery worker.

2020-10-21

Delivery app operators agree to some labor protections for gig workers

Unions representing delivery drivers and some of the top companies that employ them on Tuesday inked an agreement to provide labor protections to those workers — a first for Korea's gig economy.

2020-10-07

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