The SBS headquarters and the SBS A&T branch of the National Media Workers’ Union passed a vote in favor of a strike to prevent the management from canceling the appointment agreement system.
The members of the SBS headquarters and the A&T branch of the National Media Workers’ Union decided to take part in the strike with 91.4% turnout (936 out of 1024) and 86.6% (811) in favor of industrial action after a vote in favor of industrial action from the 22nd to 28th.
In the SBS headquarters, 89.3% (582 people) voted and 504 people (86.6%) voted in favor. In the A&T branch, 95.2% (354 people) of union members voted and 86.7% (307 people) supported it.
The SBS headquarters of the media union plans to hold a strike committee meeting on the 29th to discuss the level and schedule of the strike. Jung Hyung-taek, head of the SBS headquarters of the press union, said, “The overwhelming turnout and approval rate. Seeing that the members’ will to fight has been sufficiently confirmed, SBS headquarters will consider the most effective and powerful means of fighting to stop the company’s regression.”
The members of the SBS headquarters of the press union have been in a state of unlawful agreement since October 3rd. SBS management requested the abolition of the clause on the agreement to appoint the president and the head of the fair broadcasting (reporting, programming, and current affairs education headquarters), which were specified in the collective agreement as a labor-management agreement in 2018. Labor and management became an unauthorized agreement after the expiration of the collective agreement on October 2nd.
The SBS headquarters and the A&T branch of the media union applied for dispute settlement with the Seoul Labor Relations Commission, and on the 26th, the SBS headquarters declared a breakdown of negotiations. It is reported that the management did not bend the request to abolish the appointment agreement system even during the mediation process. On the 29th, negotiations with the A&T branch are also likely to break down.
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