Ho-young Joo, the representative of People’s Power, speaks at the in-hospital countermeasures meeting held at the National Assembly on the 2nd. Senior Reporter Minkyu Park
On the 4th, the 11th day of the general strike of the Cargo Solidarity Headquarters (Cargo Solidarity) of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Public Transportation Union, Joo Ho-young, the representative of the People’s Power, said, “I do not believe that making such an effort is appropriate at this time. ”he said. On the 29th of last month, the government issued an order to start work for cement transport workers, and the cargo union is protesting.
On the morning of this day, the representative of the main floor of KBS <일요진단>When the moderator asked, “Does the party intend to come up with a mediation plan in case of a strike by the cargo union?” It is to receive and listen to the opinion of the cargo union, but it is not appropriate at this time to make such an effort.”
Representative Joo raised questions regarding the effectiveness of the safe fare system. He said, “Even when the safe fare system was created, there were doubts regarding the effectiveness of the system, so we decided to try it for three years, judge the performance, and discuss whether to extend it.” Even the KCTU membership fee is paid from safe fares.” “Furthermore, we cannot accept the demands of the Cargo Workers’ Union or the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions because they include not only labor-management working conditions, but also the resignation of the government,” he said.
The safe fare system was introduced to secure traffic safety by preventing overwork, overloading, and speeding driving by ensuring that truck drivers are paid an appropriate level of wages. The Cargo Solidarity is a freight car safety fare system that has been partially implemented since 2020, and the experience of overloading cement items has dropped by 20 percentage points from 30% to 10%, and the long-time container operation rate for 12 hours has drastically decreased from 29% to 1.4%. claimed to have appeared. The Cargo Solidarity argued that the ratio of long-time operation of cement for more than 12 hours also decreased significantly from 50% before the implementation of the system to 27%.
In a commentary on the day, Dong-hyuk Jang, spokesman for the People’s Power, said, “No matter how much the cargo union threatens with an illegal strike, this time neither the government nor the people will give in to the intimidation.” do. That is why there is no future for Korea.” At the same time, he urged, “Leaving the strong aristocratic union as it is is giving up the future of the Republic of Korea.”
