Foreign media: South Korean truck drivers go on strike again, manufacturing supply chains at risk – yqqlm

Reference News Network reported Nov. 25, Reuters reported that unionized South Korean truck drivers on the 24th went on strike for the second time in less than six months, potentially disrupting the world’s 10th-largest economy. Supplying fuel to various industries such as l petrochemical industry.

Due to rising fuel costs, truckers are calling on the government to create a freight floor price system known as “guaranteed shipping” that will expire at the end of the year and boost other industries, including tankers, says the report. drivers.

The South Korean government has said it will extend the minimum price system for three years, but has rejected other demands by the unions.

According to the report, the union estimated that about 22,000 people attended the demonstrations across the country on the 24th, while the South Korean transport ministry said that about 9,600 people attended the demonstration. The strikers did not clash with the police who they were present to maintain order.

In Busan, the largest port in South Korea, long lines of police and buses can be seen along the main road.

The strike’s main organizer, the Cargo Truck Drivers Solidarity Union (CTSU), has warned that the strike could disrupt oil supplies to major refineries and disrupt shipments to major ports and factories.

The South Korean Transport Ministry said on the evening of the 24th that since the beginning of the strike, container traffic at the port has dropped to 40% of normal levels, but given that the companies have already shipped goods in advance, there are no significant losses have so far been reported.