Commentary: Truckers' strike shows South Korea government needs to focus on people more than corporations - CNA

6/27/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
A strike by unionised truckers for wage security amid rising fuel prices might have threatened its export-driven economy, but President Yoon Suk-yeol’s vision of cutting corporate taxes amid record inflation is causing unhappiness, says journalist Steven Boro…
In a late-night deal, the truckers and the government reached an agreement to end the strike by extending a system that guaranteed minimum freight rates. The strike caused an estimated US$1.2 billion… [+1757 chars]
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