Korea Railroad to reinstate fired workers after decade-long dispute
Social affairsJul 21, 2018
Korea Railroad Corp., the operator of South Korea’s KTX high-speed rail network, said Saturday it has reached an agreement with a labor union to rehire cabin crewmembers who had been sacked, ending a 12-year battle over their employment status. The dispute began after the company fired 280 cabin crewmembers who had been contracted under one of its affiliates in May 2006 after they declined to be transferred to another subsidiary. The workers had been demanding that the Korea Railroad directly hi