{"id":30444,"date":"2022-06-08T21:18:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/south-korean-ports-impacted-as-thousands-of-truckers-go-on-strike\/30444\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T21:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:18:14","slug":"south-korean-ports-impacted-as-thousands-of-truckers-go-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/south-korean-ports-impacted-as-thousands-of-truckers-go-on-strike\/30444\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean ports impacted as thousands of truckers go on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Unionised truck drivers in South Korea have gone on strike at some ports and container depots amidst soaring fuel prices and inflation in the country, posing the latest threat in a string of global supply chain disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF), 15,000 truckers belonging to Cargo Truckers Solidarity (CTS) union staged demonstrations at 16 locations throughout the country, joined by several thousand more drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Truckers are protesting the government\u2019s plan to phase out the system to calculate minimum wages based on operating costs, which will most likely erode the earnings of those working in the container and bulk cement sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The strike comes in the midst of the global supply chain\u2019s struggle to recover from lockdowns in China and Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Activities were significantly reduced at Busan New Port, Pyeongtaek Port and Uiwang container depot in Gyeonggi province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe impact of the strike is already being felt at ports, petrochemical complexes, and other logistics hubs, where freight transport has slowed or stopped all together,\u201d ITF said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Local media reported that while not all of the drivers were taking part in the protests, the rallies threatened to slow South Korea\u2019s exports. Meanwhile, South Korean police have warned they would arrest any truckers who attempt to interfere with the work of those not taking part.<\/p>\n<p>The union is demanding that safe rates be made permanent and coverage extended to all vehicle and freight types. It called for road transport employers and transport companies in sectors that are not currently covered by safe rates to agree to increase pay rates to account for the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe experience of truck drivers in the sectors covered by safe rates has demonstrated that making safe rates permanent and expanding the system to cover all vehicle and freight types is the best way to protect drivers and all those who use the roads,\u201d said ITF General Secretary Stephen Cotton.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n\t    <!-- \/91333190\/SPLASH247_*_Splash247_Article_*_Strip_Slot_*_2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\">\n<span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/south-korea\/\" rel=\"tag\">South Korea<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unionised truck drivers in South Korea have gone on strike at some ports and container depots amidst soaring fuel prices and inflation in the country, posing the latest threat in a string of global supply chain disruptions. 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