South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & & Marine Engineering Co Ltd on Wednesday claimed it is preparing to submit a suit for problems versus the agreement employee union that stopped manufacturing in June and also July with a 51-day strike.
The step might restore rubbing in between the company and also agreement employees, that inhabited the shipbuilder’s major dock to demonstration, they claimed, versus salaries falling back those of routine employees. Read complete tale
Details of the suit have yet to be determined, a Daewoo agent informed Reuters.
A representative for the union – the Korea Metal Workers’ Union Geoje Tongyeong Goseong Shipbuilding Subcontracting Branch – might not be grabbed remark.
Daewoo is thinking about suing of regarding 50 billion won ($ 37.30 million) from the union, paper Chosun Ilbo reported on Tuesday, mentioning unknown shipbuilding sector resources.
However, it is unsure whether to file a claim against the agreement employee union participants that inhabited the dock and also quit manufacturing, or all participants of the union, Chosun Ilbo reported.
Daewoo formerly claimed the disagreement expense it greater than $400 million by mid-July
About 100 agreement employees at Daewoo required a 30% wage trek inJune They approved a 4.5% boost after inhabiting and also quiting building at Daewoo’s major dock in a strike that lasted for 51 days.
Contract employees claimed they were just paid regarding the base pay of 9,160 won per hr, also for crucial job such as welding and also despite the fact that lots of had greater than ten years’ experience.
Since the strike finished, Daewoo has inevitable a lot of the South Korean shipbuilding sector’s standard summertime vacations to offset postponed building.
($ 1 = 1,340.5600 won)
(Reuters – Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
