Delivery companies worry as workers threaten to strike
Posted : 2021-01-20 16:27
Updated : 2021-01-20 18:38
Members of the Taekbae Union hold press conference at the union s office in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, on Jan. 15 threatening to launch a strike if parcel-delivery firms do not improve working conditions for delivery drivers. / Yonhap
By Kim Jae-heun
Taekbae Union, representing delivery drivers here, has announced that it will hold a strike next Wednesday if parcel-delivery firms fail to come with measures to improve working conditions.
The threat triggered concerns of a serious backlog in deliveries during the busy Lunar New Year holiday from Feb. 11 to Feb. 14. The government has asked people to send gifts to their family and relatives instead of visiting them in different parts of the country during the holiday to prevent a further COVID-19 spike in the country.