[labor news] Claim for damages against workers hits record high
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▲ Members of an organization called 'Sonjabgo' which was formed to resolve the problems of the claim for damages and provisional seizure against workers, along with the two trade union national centers of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions(FKTU) and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions(KCTU), hold a press briefing to unveil the situation concerning the the claims for damages lodged against workers as of the first half of this year and called on the government to come forward to resolve the problems.(Jeong Ki-hoon/The Korea Daily Labor News)
The accumulated amount of claims for damages lodged by employers against workers for their involvement in labor disputes hit the record high of 186.7 billion won(US$ 164 million) and the amount of provisional seizures reached 18 billion won(US$ 15.8 million), as of the first half of this year.
All claims for damages and provisional seizures against workers were lodged during the two former conservative administrations of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye.
reported by Yang Woo-ram translated by Kim Sung-jin