Unionized rail workers postpone strike for now

By Jeong Se-hee Posted : December 23, 2025, 08:59 Updated : December 23, 2025, 08:59
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SEOUL, December 23 (AJP) - Unionized railway workers called off their planned all-out strike after receiving a new offer on bonus payments overnight.

State-run rail operator KORAIL's workers, who had planned to go on strike starting with the first train on Tuesday unless the agreements are fulfilled, said they would discuss further on performance-based bonuses, as management proposed gradually restoring them from 80 percent of base pay to 90 percent next year and to full pay in 2027.

With their last-minute decision to hold off on a strike for now, all trains are running normally.

A union official said, "Commuters may have been inconvenienced by concerns late into the night," adding that rail workers would repay them with a safer public railway.
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