South Korean President Mr Yoon Suk Yeol has instructed officials to prepare to immediately extend a return-to-work order for striking cargo truck drivers in other industries such as oil and steel as trucker’s walkout in those fields are feared to cause additional damage to the economy. He also called on officials to secure substitute drivers and utilize military personnel and vehicles to minimize the strike’s impact on the related industries.Mr Yoon reiterated his stern stance on what calls an “illegal strike,” saying that not only the current collective refusal to transport but also the acts of disrupting, threatening or retaliating against transporting drivers amount to crimes. He ordered the ministers to mobilize every administrative force available to track those involved in the strike and take swift and stern measures against them.The president’s instruction came days after a government order was invoked for cement truckers to immediately return to work.The Cargo Truckers Solidarity launched the walkout 12 days ago demanding both an extension of and expansion of the Safe Trucking Freight System, a minimum wage guarantee which is set to expire at the end of the year.
South Korean President Mr Yoon Suk Yeol has instructed officials to prepare to immediately extend a return-to-work order for striking cargo truck drivers in other industries such as oil and steel as trucker’s walkout in those fields are feared to cause additional damage to the economy. He also called on officials to secure substitute drivers and utilize military personnel and vehicles to minimize the strike’s impact on the related industries.Mr Yoon reiterated his stern stance on what calls an “illegal strike,” saying that not only the current collective refusal to transport but also the acts of disrupting, threatening or retaliating against transporting drivers amount to crimes. He ordered the ministers to mobilize every administrative force available to track those involved in the strike and take swift and stern measures against them.The president’s instruction came days after a government order was invoked for cement truckers to immediately return to work.The Cargo Truckers Solidarity launched the walkout 12 days ago demanding both an extension of and expansion of the Safe Trucking Freight System, a minimum wage guarantee which is set to expire at the end of the year.
