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Evidence of striking truck drivers being unreasonably treated as criminals and trumped-up investigations being used against bona fide unions in a recent dispute in South Korean will be added to a legal challenge being brought against the country’s government by the International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) and affiliate unions at the International Labour Organization (ILO). 

Evidence of striking truck drivers being unreasonably treated as criminals and trumped-up investigations being used against bona fide unions in a recent dispute in South Korean will be added to a legal challenge being brought against the country’s government by the International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) and affiliate unions at the International Labour Organization (ILO). 

Image caption: The ITF’s Noel Coard (pictured right with KPTU’s Wol-San Lim) said 20 million workers stood behind demands for Hite-Jinro to reinstate sacked workers and pay a decent rate   South Korea’s biggest alcohol maker Hite-Jinro must pay drivers a decent wage, the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) Inland Section Secretary Noel Coard told strikers at a rally outside the company’s headquarters in Seoul.  

At 10:40pm (KST) on 14 June, the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union Cargo Truckers’ Solidarity Division (KPTU-TruckSol) reached an agreement with the South Korean Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MoLIT) on the continuation of the Safe Rates system.     According to the agreement, the MoLIT has promised to “continue to propel forward the Safe Rates system and discuss expansion to other freight types.” In response, KPTU-TruckSol suspended its national strik...