ROK President Orders Striking Truck Drivers to Return to Work
With the KCTU behind these protests I don’t know if these truckers are actually striking for improved pay or to crater the ROK economy because someone from the Korean right is President:
President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered his ministers, Sunday, to make preparations to expand executive orders to striking truckers in the refining and steel industries, with the government vowing to mobilize a maximum number of police to crack down on illegal protests by the unionized truckers.
“The government will not compromise with any forces that collectively resort to illegal acts and violence, and will hold them accountable for each of their infractions,” Yoon said during a ministerial meeting on the truckers’ strike. “Otherwise, damage stemming from chronic illegal strikes will be repeated in the future.”
Yoon added, “The government should crack down on these illegal acts and take stern measures by mobilizing the full administrative forces. … Also, ministers should prepare to expand the executive order to truckers who are involved in the refining and steel industries.”
The comments came after a strike by the Cargo Truckers Solidarity (CTS) stretched on for the 11th day as of Sunday. The CTS has been refusing to transport cargo since Nov. 24, demanding a permanent guarantee of a minimum freight rate by the government.
The president signed an executive order last week to get unionized truckers to return to work. The strike, involving 2,500 truckers transporting mostly cement products, caused significant damage to the country’s construction industry. Losses have also been reported in the refining and steel industries. (……)Referring to a nationwide strike by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) scheduled on Tuesday as “politically motivated,” Yoon ordered his ministers to crack down on illegal acts by “mobilizing the full administrative forces.”
Korea Times
Having more than 1 million members, the KCTU is one of Korea’s largest labor unions. It is also the umbrella organization of the CTS and plans to stage the nationwide strike on Tuesday to support the truckers.
You can read more at the link, but the Yoon administration has a good argument that this is politically motivated because why didn’t the KCTU conduct this strike when Moon Jae-in was president? Yoon has only been president for a few months and now they launch their strike?
We know. Directly or indirectly, they’re doing Beijing’s will and harming innocent South Korean families.
I think all this is just another attempt at insurrection, with the Blue Party pulling the strings behind the scenes.
The globalists have taken over the leftist parties everywhere… which is easy because globalism is very much in line with leftist thinking.
The Korean left is no longer nationalistic. Their goals are not what is best for Korea and Koreans.
Hopefully, Koreans will come to understand this.
I’m afraid that GIKorea is trying to twist this issue to make it look like the KCTU is attacking Pres. Yoon and making it look like Yoon is defending against an unjust left wing attack.
If one were to do some research and understand this issue, one would have discovered that Korean truckers have long been overworked and underpaid.
The Moon administration tried to correct this issue by introducing the ‘안전운임제’ which translated means ‘safety transportation fee’ which is a form of minimum wage for truckers.
This is the reason why truckers didn’t strike during the Moon administration, because Moon gave them what they wanted.
Of course the conservative government under Yoon isn’t too crazy about the above and are trying to get rid of it which led to the current strike by the truckers.
Hopefully, Koreans will come to understand this.
So tell us ChickenHead
Why should we Koreans listed to a old man with mental health and vaccine jealousy issues and his sockpuppet?
“Why should we Koreans listed to a old man with mental health and vaccine jealousy issues and his sockpuppet?”
I thought I was Setnaffa’s sockpuppet. I have been promoted!
That’s right, bitches, you are all now MY sock puppets.
Anyway, why should Koreans listen to me?
I don’t think Koreans should.
I think Korea should send more wealth-creating jobs like cars and semiconductors to China and America and open more multinational chain coffee shops.
I think Korea should be on the forefront on industrial restrictions to limit carbon dioxide and sea level rise so China can see what global leadership is like. Staying competitive means nothing compared to saving the planet.
I think Koreans should use covid as an excuse to enact policies that enrich the multinationals while destroying small business.
I think Korean girls should get more tattoos and Korean guys should do more drugs… and maybe spray some graffiti all over the infrastructure.
But with advice like that, I don’t think Koreans should listen to me at all.
You are right again.