Transportation Workers General Strike Paralyses Busan Port
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Truckers' Strike Paralyzes Busan Port

Dark clouds gather over the Shinsundae and Gamman container terminals as a general strike by the Korean Transport Workers' Union paralyzed Busan Port on Sunday.

Major Disruption of Cargo Transport Feared
Transport Crisis Looms as Drivers Mull Strikes
Strikes Will Only Worsen Transport Woes

Busan Harbor, which accounts for 80 percent of the country's container cargoes, was virtually paralyzed when a nationwide strike by the Korean Transport Workers' Union went into its third day on Sunday. According to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, container storage at seven container terminals of Busan Harbor's North Port reached 86 percent on Sunday, far higher than the normal daily average of 72.1 percent.
At the Busan International Container Terminal Pier in Busan, which is used by Hanjin and Sebang shipping companies, storage reached 101.8 percent at one point that day. At the new and old Gamman container terminals at Busan Harbor it reached saturation point with 99.7 percent and 97.2 percent respectively. If the strike continues, it is feared that imports and exports will be severely disrupted at various workplaces early this week.

Korean KCWU Truckers Strike Cuts Container Moves 22%
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The volume of moving containers drops 22 percent due to KCWU’s strike
Strike of construction industry will add to the transportation paralysis

» Many containers are accumulating in a shipyard in Busan due to the strike of transportation laborers on June 15.
There is a sign that a strike by the Korea Cargo Workers Union would probably be lengthier than expected. What is worse, a union of construction equipment workers, a branch of the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trade Union, will go on strike on June 16. The paralysis of cargo deliveries is expected to worsen as demand for transportation will rise early this week when most manufacturers resume production.

As the KCWU’s strike continued for a third day, the daily average volume of containers moved in or out of ports fell to one-fifth of normal operations. On the same day, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said, “The volume of containers moved in or out of major seaports or inland container terminals is 14,969 TEUs, twenty-foot equivalent units, or 22 percent of normal levels as of noon.” One TEU refers to a 20-foot shipping container. In the areas of Jecheon and Danyang, the volume of cement shipments plunged to less than 10 percent of normal levels.

Direct employment
Not mass dismissals
Stop Repression and Fines

Whereas, KTX crew workers (all subcontract and female) have been on strike for 180 days against an outsourcing plan and mass dismissal of the Korail (Korea Railroad Corporation) and

Whereas,the public corporation has being initiated to extend irregular and subcontract workers in public sector and now attack irregular workers and,

Whereas,the workers have suffered attack by riot police and other oppression by the Korean government and,

Whereas, they have been without wages for more than 6 months and,