Amid the strike of the parcel delivery union (National Federation of Trade Unions) for more than three weeks, the owners of CJ Korea Express delivery service agencies issued a statement urging them to stop the strike and return to work. 12,573 CJ Logistics courier workers, including non-union courier drivers and agency managers, signed the statement and expressed their consent.
The CJ Logistics Coalition of Delivery Agents held a press conference in front of the CJ Logistics headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 19th. It is unacceptable,” he said. Then, the agency federation forwarded the demands to the union and the government.
They are △ Suspension of union strikes and sabotage and return to field work △ Responsibility for the struggle without a cause for taking the people’s products hostage and resignation of the union leadership △ CJ Logistics prepares special measures for service disruption areas and stabilizes services The government demanded that the government establish policies to minimize inconvenience to the public, such as designating the parcel delivery industry as an essential public service project while actively checking the implementation of the social agreement.
In particular, the Federation said that 12,573 CJ Korea Express courier workers, more than half of the 20,000 courier workers in CJ Logistics, signed their consent to the statement. Kim Jong-cheol, Chairman of CJ Logistics Courier Agents Association, said, “The people of the public have agreed to the increase in the delivery fee necessary to improve the poor environment and treatment of delivery drivers. While ignoring consideration, they are demanding distribution of the amount of the increase in courier charges. They are repeating the act of trying to fulfill their needs by taking customers’ products hostage using special seasons for year-end and New Year’s holidays,” he said.
Reporter Byun Jong-guk bjk@donga.com
