When Gyeonggi Province decided to postpone the introduction of a semi-public system for general city buses due to budget shortages, a strike was passed in a vote for industrial action held by the Gyeonggi Province Bus Workers’ Union Council, which protested. When the strike begins on the 26th of this month, 93% of all bus routes in Gyeonggi Province are expected to stop operating.
On the morning of the 13th, union members are voting for or against a general strike at the Yongnam Express Branch office of the Gyeonggi Provincial Bus Workers’ Union in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do. /News 1
On the 13th, the Gyeonggi-do Bus Union Council announced that the strike was approved with a 97.4% approval rate as a result of the industrial action vote held by the unions of 51 bus companies in Gyeonggi-do from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On this day, 15,156 people, or 92.5% of the 16,391 union members, participated. Of these, 14,760 votes were in favor.
Although the strike was approved on this day, there are still two labor dispute mediation meetings of the Gyeonggi Regional Labor Relations Commission left before the actual strike begins. If no agreement is reached by the final mediation meeting held on the 25th, a bus strike could begin on the 26th.
If the strike begins, a total of 17,000 buses are expected to be suspended, including 2,400 buses on semi-public routes in the province and 8,300 regular city buses and intercity and airport buses. This corresponds to 93% of all route buses in the province.
The Gyeonggi Province Bus Union is in conflict with Gyeonggi Province over the timing of full introduction of the semi-public system. Initially, the Gyeonggi Bus Union also prepared for a strike in September last year. At the time, Gyeonggi Governor Kim Dong-yeon promised to reduce the wage gap with other metropolitan areas by implementing a semi-public system across all routes within his term.
However, last August, Gyeonggi Province announced that it would postpone the introduction of the semi-public system for general city buses to 2027 due to budget shortages, and the union is strongly opposed. The management also stated that it could not meet the union’s demands, saying that it would be difficult to raise wages and improve working conditions as demanded by the union without the introduction of a quasi-public system.
2023-10-13 13:56:00
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