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A week after the cargo union strike, there is no sign that the situation will be resolved in the conflict with the government.
Gwangyang Port, the largest import and export port in Korea, has also been stuck for a week.
As container shipments stopped and material transport was blocked, industrial complexes also faced a crisis.
Reporter Yoo Min-ho went to the scene.
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This road leads to the Gwangyang Port International Terminal in Jeollanam-do.
Around 600 lorries belonging to the cargo regiment have stopped operating and have been in place for a week.
The route through which vehicles come and go is not completely blocked, but due to the high rate of membership in the cargo union, transport by land is almost blocked.
An average of 3,000 to 5,000 containers come and go from Gwangyang Port per day, but from last night until this morning, only 8 containers were taken out, less than 1% of normal.
Currently, the proportion of containers stacked at Gwangyang Gate is 61.6%, which is similar to the normal level, but if the strike is long, it is expected that there will be about 120 food containers that get currently stored are hit.
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“I don’t care about frozen food from beef or pork, but during the strike in June this year (like), bananas should be thrown away…”
However, the cargo unions, who say the government is responsible for the strike, are continuing their strike through the night even in sub-zero weather.
At the same time, he raised his voice to withdraw the order to start work given to the cement industry and stop labor repression.
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“For the government to end this strike, I think it is necessary to quickly extend the safety fare system and expand the items that the Korea Cargo Workers Union is asking for.”
Civil labor organizations also held press conferences one after the other and revealed their solidarity.
As the government and the trade unions suddenly faced each other, and the strike was not expected to end soon, companies were also in crisis.
Yeosu’s industrial complex petrochemical companies increase pre-shipment quantities as much as possible and send emergency quantities in consultation with the cargo union.
POSCO Gwangyang Works is also working hard to minimize damage by increasing transportation by ship and temporarily storing steel products inside the plant as shipments of 17,000 tons of steel products are delayed each day.
This is MBC News Yoo Min-ho.
Video comment: Bae Jun-shik (Yeosu)
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