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South Korean delivery workers strike to demand end to overwork
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Unionised deliverymen rallying at a logistics centre in Seoul last Wednesday, as negotiations for better working conditions broke down. Firms like CJ Logistics and Lotte Global Logistics had promised in January to implement measures to ease the burden on exhausted delivery drivers, but failed to keep their word.
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Chang May Choon South Korea Correspondent In Seoul, Chang May Choon
South Korea's delivery workers have gone on strike indefinitely to demand that employers stick to an agreement to prevent overwork, amid an online shopping boom triggered by Covid-19.
About 2,100 members of the Parcel Delivery Workers' Solidarity Union, out of the total of 6,500, skipped work to take part in rallies from last Wednesday, after the union's talks with the government and major logistics firms failed.
