Seoul City Bus Labor and Management in Tense Wage Dispute… Will Buses Halt on the 16th? (Roundup)
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoo Han-ju = The gap in positions between labor and management of Seoul city buses regarding the criteria for calculating ordinary wages and wage increases appears to be showing little sign of narrowing.
Labor and management of Seoul city buses failed to narrow their differences during the first mediation session at the Labor Relations Commission regarding the method of reflecting ordinary wages and this year's wage increase. The union proposed continuing negotiations over the weekend without waiting for the scheduled second mediation meeting. If an agreement is not reached, Seoul city buses will go on an all-out strike starting on the 16th.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has taken action against the Seoul city bus union's policy to restrict welfare benefits for non-strike members, raising the possibility of a legal violation. Given that city budget funds are invested due to the nature of the quasi-public system, the city requested that the union review the suspension of welfare benefits. Meanwhile, labor and management are in a tense standoff ahead of the possibility of a strike…
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