2023-10-30 12:51:52
The POSCO labor union industrial action vote was passed. The union, which has been having difficulty reaching a collective bargaining agreement with the management, will be able to initiate industrial action such as a strike if negotiations fail at the final mediation meeting of the Central Labor Relations Commission scheduled for the 30th. The union said that if the mediation meeting breaks down, it will have the right to take industrial action, but it will not take place at the level of an immediate strike by all union members.
According to the POSCO union, the union held a vote for or once morest industrial action with 11,145 union members, and 10,756 people voted, with 8,367 (77.79%) in favor and 2,389 (22.21%) once morest.
Since the meeting last May, labor and management have negotiated 24 times, but have not been able to reach an agreement. The union declared the breakdown of negotiations on the 5th and applied for mediation to the Labor Relations Commission.
The union demanded a 13.1% (KRW 393,000) increase in basic pay, payment of 100 shares of treasury stock to union members, and the introduction of a four-day week every other week, while the company’s final plan included a 5.4% (KRW 162,000) increase in basic pay and a lump sum of KRW 6 million. It was proposed, but it fell through.
In an appeal issued in the name of Kim Seong-ho, chairman of the industrial action committee, the union said, “Even though there were numerous shares and assets accumulated during the boom, POSCO became a subsidiary and all of them were transferred to Holdings,” adding, “The union prepared systematic industrial action step by step, and the strike was the final step. “It is a means of .”
The company said, “According to the company’s proposal, the benefit amount per employee is 12.6 million won, which exceeds 1.5 times the result of last year’s wage negotiation,” adding, “It is a difficult situation with operating profit plummeting by more than 50% compared to the same period last year, but on-site “We presented the best plan for the employees who have been suffering silently, and this is the highest level proposal in the last 10 years,” he explained.
Reporter Park Joong-yeop
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