#Truckers strike professional
It also said it hasn’t received reports of meaningful disruptions of exports of semiconductors, automobiles and other key items. We are professional drivers, and there needs to be some changes in the industry we chose as a. Truckers in Chile went on strike on Tuesday to protest crime and the increase in toll rates on their routes, clogging highways on the outskirts of Santiago. STORY: Thousands of truckers went on strike for a third day on Thursday (June 9) in South Korea to protest the sharp surge in fuel costs, disrupting production, slowing activity at ports and posing new risks to a strained global supply chain.The strike presents President Yoon Seok-youl, in power for just a month, with one of his first big economic challenges. The planned shipping or delivery of 450,000 tons of steels, 500 billion won ($390 million) worth of petrochemicals, 810,000 tons of cement and 640,000 tires have also been put off, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement.īut the ministry said that South Korea’s cargo transport disruption hasn’t reached a level that threatens global supply chains. South Korea’s auto, steel, petrochemistry, cement and other sectors have been hit hard by the strike.įactories couldn’t produce 5,400 cars as scheduled due to a delay of deliveries of components.
Transport Ministry officials said they would seek to continue talks to end the strike, but the Cargo Truckers Solidarity said Monday it has no immediate plans to resume the negotiations.Īt the center of the dispute is the truckers’ calls for a minimum wage guarantee amid surging fuel prices. The fourth round of negotiations between the striking truckers and government officials on June 12 failed to reach a deal. The world’s 10th largest economy, the country hasn’t reported any major disruption of exports of key items like semiconductors. But the strike’s impact has so far been largely limited to South Korea’s domestic industry.
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