We hope the management and labor peacefully address their conflict before it is too late.
After the government want to increase the student quota for medical schools by 2,151, the Korean Medical Association has threatened to stage a general strike.
The union kicked off its first general strike in almost four years, which is expected to decrease passenger and freight service by up to 60 percent until it ends at 9 a.m. on Monday.
Trains for transporting cement are stationed at Obong Station in Uiwang, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday. The Korean Railway Workers' Union is set to go on a general strike from Thursday to Monday to demand 12-hour shifts by four teams.
To ride even the slightest signs of economic rebound, cooperation between management and labor are critical.
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) launched a two-week general strike on Monday to protest the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s policies.
Public health concerns are deepening after doctors and licensed practical nurses threatened to launch a general strike to oppose the passage of the controversial Nursing Act.
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) announced their plan to go on a nationwide strike, refusing the amendment to labor union laws and requiring the legislation of the so-called yellow envelope bill.
Still, this is no time for a general strike. The feeble economy could collapse if general strikes add to its troubles.
A group of truck drivers under the combative Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) has gone on strike over pay.
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