Prime Minister Han Deok-soo is presiding over a cabinet meeting held at the Government Complex Sejong on the 6th through a video link with the Seoul Complex. yunhap news
The government will hold an extraordinary cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Deok-soo on the 8th to deliberate on the issuance of an order to start additional business related to the strike at the cargo union headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions’ public transport union.
It is known that the government is highly likely to issue an order to start additional operations in the steel and petrochemical sectors on the same day. At a meeting with related ministries presided over by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Chu Kyung-ho the previous day, the ministers agreed that an additional order to start operations is necessary. The government held a cabinet meeting on the 29th of last month and issued an order to commence work on those who refused to transport goods in the cement sector.
According to the Lorry Transport Business Act, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport can order the start of business following deliberation by the State Council if it is recognized that there is a risk of causing a serious crisis to the national economy by refusal of collective freight transport by transport companies, etc. without justifiable grounds.