South Korea’s government has ordered some of the thousands of truck drivers who have been on strike to return to work, insisting that their nationwide walkout over freight fare issues is hurting an already weak economy.
Concrete mixer trucks are parked at a factory in Anyang, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. South Koreas government issued an order Tuesday for some of the thousands of striking truck drivers to return to work, insisting that their nationwide walkout over freight fare issues is hurting an already weak economy.
A failure to comply without “justifiable reason” is punishable by up to three years in jail or a maximum fine of 30 million won . Critics have denounced the law as unconstitutional, saying it doesn’t clearly define what qualifies as acceptable conditions for a strike. “There’s no way to justify the act of taking the lives of people and the national economy as hostage to accomplish their own interest,” Yoon said in the Cabinet meeting.
Thousands of members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity union have been striking since last Thursday, in their second nationwide walkout since June, calling for the government to make permanent a minimum freight rate system that is to expire at the end of 2022. The truckers say the minimum-rate system is crucial for their finances and safety, saying that without it they are forced to increase their deliveries and drive dangerously to make ends meet.
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