"CJ Logistics delivery workers on strike again", 28 December 2021

CJ Logistics delivery workers are going on strike for the fourth time this year, leading to the delay of approximately 500,000 packages.

An estimated 1,700 people employed by subcontractors delivering packages for CJ Logistics, or 8.5 percent the 20,000 total employed for this work, joined the strike, which started Tuesday and affected CJ Logistics facilities nationwide...

The delivery workers claim the company is not compensating them fairly following an increase in rates charged to customers.

CJ Logistics... increased prices by an average 140 won (12 cents) per package in April.

The company argues that a fair share of the price increase is reflected in delivery-worker compensation.

"They are remunerated in proportion to the delivery fee, so their pay rose accordingly," said Lee Dong-soo, a spokesperson for CJ Logistics. "They are typically given a 50 percent of the total delivery fee."

The delivery workers further argue that CJ Logistics is forcing them to overwork by signing a "slavery contract" that calls for a six-day workweek and same-day deliveries. CJ Logistics said the contract is signed between the delivery workers and independent agents, who act as middlemen between CJ Logistics and the delivery workers...

"The company will respond to unlawful acts in which the products of customers are taken hostage," CJ Logistics said in a statement Tuesday.

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