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Dozens of delivery trucks line the streets next to a logistics terminal in Gimpo, Gyeonggi, on Thursday, in remembrance of the late logistics agency manager, Lee. Leaving behind a two-page suicide note detailing harassment by his deliverymen in the Parcel Delivery Workers’ Solidarity Union, Lee committed suicide on Aug. 30. [YONHAP]

Logistics manager commits suicide after harassment by delivery workers

A 40-year-old manager of a logistics agency in Gimpo, Gyeonggi, committed suicide last week after claiming severe harassment by his deliverymen.

2021.9.5

Delivery workers sort packages at a warehouse in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 3. [NEWS1]

Logistic firms lay on delivery workers for holiday

Four major logistics companies will employ 10,000 more workers starting next week ahead of the Chuseok holiday season.

2021.9.3

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CJ Logistics trucks parked in Seoul last month. [NEWS1]

CJ Logistics increases delivery price by 15 percent

CJ Logistics, the country’s largest logistics firm, is raising prices by double digits in line with moves by its competitors.

2021.3.25

An association representing delivery contractors hold a press event in front of the National Assembly on Thursday. [NEWS1]

Delivery deal could be undone as contractors cry foul

The grand bargain that was supposed to right the wrongs in the delivery business and avert a strike is now being questioned by a key constituency.

2021.2.4

Employees sort parcels for delivery at a CJ Logistics warehouse in Geumcheon District, southern Seoul, on Tuesday. The logistics company in October said it will be hiring 4,000 people by March whose jobs will be exclusively sorting parcels to ease the burden on deliverymen. As delivery goods purchased online spiked due to Covid-19, last year 16 died possibly from overwork. [CJ LOGISTICS]

Delivering on its promises

CJ Logistics in October said it will be hiring 4,000 people by March whose jobs will be exclusively sorting parcels to ease the burden on deliverymen.

2021.1.26

Members of a committee designed to prevent deaths of delivery workers speak at a press event held in central Seoul on Thursday. [NEWS1]

Strike averted as delivery-worker deal signed

Working conditions for deliverymen are set to improve, and a strike has been avoided, after an agreement was reached Thursday by a broad group of stakeholders which included the workers and the logistics companies.

2021.1.21