The Coupang Companions Affiliation (CPA), which represents about 10,000 Coupang contracted supply staff, publicly opposed the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions’ (KCTU) push for evening supply restrictions on Nov. 3. The CPA strongly criticized the KCTU’s declare as “armchair principle that ignores the voices from the sector.”
In an announcement launched on Nov. 3, the CPA mentioned, “Whereas claiming that shedding staff is ‘homicide,’ they’re basically making an attempt to put off daybreak supply staff,” and criticized, “It’s not daybreak supply that ought to be abolished, however social dialogue.”
The group additional identified, “Banning daybreak supply is a declaration of depriving evening staff of their livelihood and an act of self-harm to the supply trade,” including, “The compelled claims of some who don’t even know the truth of daybreak supply are driving the supply staff to the brink.”
The CPA additionally launched the outcomes of an emergency survey to assist this. In a survey of two,405 daybreak supply staff, 93% of respondents opposed proscribing supply throughout evening hours (0-5 am), and 95% mentioned they’d proceed daybreak supply.
The commonest motive for supply staff preferring daybreak supply was “much less site visitors congestion than throughout the day and simpler use of elevators” (43%). This was adopted by “increased revenue” (29%), “means to make use of private time throughout the day” (22%), and “lack of daytime jobs” (6%). 70% of respondents additionally mentioned they’d “search for different evening jobs if laws are carried out.”
The morning and afternoon shift system (05-15:00, 15-24:00) proposed by the KCTU additionally confronted sturdy opposition. 89% and 84% of the supply staff expressed their opposition to this technique, respectively.
Because the CPA takes such a powerful stance, trade watchers say that “most supply staff, besides these belonging to the KCTU, have joined the opposition.”
At present, Coupang’s daybreak supply is dealt with by Coupang direct supply staff (about 7,000) and quickflexers affiliated with supply businesses (about 20,000). In response to the trade, there are about 15,000 evening supply staff nationwide.
Earlier, the Coupang Union, representing Coupang’s direct supply staff, issued an announcement saying, “Daybreak supply is Coupang’s core competitiveness, and if supply throughout these hours is suspended, a big variety of supply staff will lose their jobs,” and argued, “If supply quantity is concentrated throughout the day, social confusion reminiscent of elevated site visitors congestion and complaints is inevitable.”
As well as, the Non-Union Supply Affiliation, which incorporates about 6,000 non-union staff from CJ Logistics and Hanjin, additionally opposed the KCTU’s place, stating, “Daybreak supply, with much less site visitors and shorter journey instances, is environment friendly from the supply employee’s perspective.”
In response to the supply trade, there are at the moment about 100,000 supply staff in Korea, with lower than 10% belonging to the KCTU Supply Union. It’s recognized that about 100-200 KCTU supply staff are affiliated with the Coupang department.
