Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions hold up their cards during a rally against the government's labor policy near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea on Dec 3, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP)
SEOUL – South Korean truckers voted to end a nationwide strike that had disrupted supply chains, their union said on Friday.
About 62 percent of union members voted to call off the strike, according to a text message from the Cargo Truckers Solidarity Union seen by Reuters. The union confirmed the vote to end the strike in a news release.
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As many as 25,000 unionized truckers and some non-union drivers went on strike on Nov 24, according to the union.
They are calling on the government to make a minimum wage programme permanent and wider in scope.
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But as the government increased pressures, more truckers headed back to work this week, facing the prospect of lost income and lost jobs, drivers told Reuters.