Truckers’ union in South Korea vote to end strike

SOUTH Korean truckers voted to end a nationwide strike that had disrupted supply chains, their union said on Friday. About 62 per cent of union members voted to call off the strike, according to a text message from the Cargo Truckers Solidarity Union seen by Reuters. The union confirmed the vote to end the strike in a news release. As many as 25,000 unionised truckers and some non-union drivers went on strike on Nov 24, according to the union. They are calling on the government to make a minimum wage programme permanent and wider in scope. But as the government increased its pressure, more truckers headed back to work this week, facing the prospect of lost income and lost jobs, drivers told Reuters. REUTERS