Seoul Bus Strike Averted After Last-Minute Wage Deal
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Seoul bus strike averted after last-minute wage deal
Seoul city buses will operate normally Wednesday after labor and management reached a last-minute wage agreement early in the morning, averting a strike that had been scheduled to begin at 4 a.m. The two sides reached the agreement at around 1:50 a.m. after nearly 12 hours of negotiations at the Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission. Under the deal, wages will rise 3.2 percent in 2026, up 0.3 percentage point from last year's 2.9 percent inc…
Labor and management of Seoul city buses have reached an agreement on this year's wage negotiations amidst an impending strike. The union withdrew its strike plan scheduled to begin at 4 a.m. on the 16th. However, the seeds of conflict between labor and management remain as they failed to find common ground regarding the method of calculating ordinary wages, which serves as the basis for various allowances. — Seoul Metropolitan Government, 16th
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Kim Dong-gyu and Kim Jun-tae = Negotiations for a wage and collective bargaining agreement between labor and management of Seoul city buses were concluded in the early hours of the 16th.
Wage and collective bargaining negotiations between labor and management of Seoul city buses were dramatically concluded in the early hours of the 16th. As a result, city buses will operate normally as usual. The Seoul Metropolitan Bus Transport Association and the Seoul Bus Workers' Union under the Korean Federation of Automobile Workers' Unions (Bus Union) agreed to the mediation proposal presented by the Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commiss…
Wage and collective bargaining negotiations between labor and management of Seoul city buses were dramatically settled just two hours before the strike was set to begin. Approximately 7,000 buses in Seoul will resume normal operations starting with the first bus of the day.
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