![]() ![]() Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Eo Myeong-so, second from right, speaks with members of Cargo Truckers Solidarity before the negotiations start at the government complex in Sejong on Monday. Currently, only vehicles carrying containers and cement are covered. “We have expressed our position of extending the freight rate system for another three years,” Eo said, adding that extending the system to a wider range of drivers is something the government cannot accept. The system, which was temporarily adopted in 2020, expires next year. Fines are imposed on shippers that pay less than a certain minimum. Under the system, minimum transportation charges are guaranteed to workers to prevent overwork and speeding. ![]() The cargo truck drivers have been demanding that the government make the freight rate system permanent and expand the type of trucks that are qualified. Some 25,000 truckers, 6 percent of the total in the country, are members of the trucker union. About 7,600 unionized truckers have been on strike since last Thursday. Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Eo Myeong-so sat down with representatives of Cargo Truckers Solidarity - under the militant Korean Confederation of Trade Unions - at the government complex in Sejong on Monday. Striking truckers and the government made no headway in a two hour meeting Monday, with the two sides digging and a threat of executive action hanging over the discussions. A cargo truck being escorted out of a port in Euiwang, Gyeonggi.
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