The Coupang Good friend Labor Union (Coupang Union), a union of Coupang’s instantly employed supply drivers, claimed on Nov. 7 that the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions (KCTU)’s push to ban early morning deliveries “seems to be retaliation for the Coupang Union’s withdrawal from the KCTU.”
In an announcement launched on at the present time, the Coupang Union argued, “The KCTU speaks as if banning early morning deliveries is totally crucial for staff, however when the Coupang Union was affiliated with the KCTU, they by no means as soon as made such a declare,” including, “The present declare to ban early morning deliveries is feasible as a result of the Coupang Union withdrew from the Korean Confederation of Commerce Unions.” The Coupang Union withdrew from the KCTU in November 2023 with 93% approval from union members.
The Coupang Union identified, “In a state of affairs the place nearly all of evening supply drivers oppose this, the rationale solely the KCTU insists on it’s as a result of the proportion of evening supply drivers inside their union is extraordinarily low,” including, “Pushing for a ban on early morning deliveries with none measures to guard evening staff’ jobs and wages is nothing however an armchair argument with political intentions.”
Concerning studies that Kim Seul-ki, consultant of the Nationwide Non-Union Supply Staff Alliance and a supply employee herself, was requested to depart yesterday’s social dialogue physique assembly for not being “a related occasion,” the union said, “There are rumors that the KCTU’s opposition performed a task,” and demanded, “The federal government should instantly assure the Coupang Union’s participation within the social dialogue physique.”
