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Long-term strike by cargo unions… Oil crisis worries ‘realized’

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions of Public Transport Workers Unity Cargo Headquarters
With the general strike over a week
Concerns about an oil crisis are becoming a reality.

In some areas of the metropolitan area
Gasoline ‘out of stock’
appears,
Concerns are also being voiced in the region.
It’s getting bigger.

This is reporter Yoon Kyung-bo’s report.

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This is a gas station in Nam-gu, Pohang.

More vehicles than usual from early morning
Found a gas station.

union cargo strike
As we enter the long period
A gas station can run out of gas
because of concerns.

[김정홍 / 이정민태권스쿨 해도관 : 저희는 승합차로 아이들 데리고 오고, 승·하차 도와주는데 만약에 주유소에서 기름을 못 넣게 되는 그런 상황이 오면 아마 체육관 도장 운영하는데 상당한 어려움을…]

Recently, oil prices have been on a downward curve
What I drew was a bad thing
It’s coming.

The petroleum industry expected the price of oil to fall further
Unless you buy a lot at once
Cargo union strike cuts supply
The amount of stored oil gradually decreases.
is revealing.

[박광출 / 주유소 운영 : 정유사의 유가 변동에 따라서 일주일 또는 이주일 분의 재고를 가져갔는데, 화물연대 장기 파업이 예상된다면, 앞으로 주유소는 5일 이내에 전부 다 바닥이 날 것 같습니다.]

Specifically, in the case of some oil refineries
The transport operators who took part in the strike
It is said that you may not receive oil because it is more than 70%.
Anxiety becomes reality.

[김상구 포항주유소협회장 : 탱크로리 기사분들, 화물차들이 화물연대에 가입돼 있는 정유사 같은 경우는 사실 운송이 좀 힘들 것 같고, 이번 같은 경우는 전국적으로 하다 보니까 아마 타격이, 장기화되면 좀 심할 것 같습니다.]

According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy,
As of 8:00 am on the 1st, gas stations are out of stock across the country
33 locations, an increase of 10 from 23 the previous day.

The result of the general strike of the cargo union
Having adversely affected the manufacturing and construction industries,
As the oil industry entered the sphere of influence,
The oil crisis is also spreading.

This is HCN News Yoon Kyung-bo.

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