The Kakao Union plans to initiate a partial strike on June 10. The union argues that ongoing sales, spin-offs, and restructuring have created job insecurity and demands improvements to the management-centered compensation system.
In a statement on June 1, the Kakao branch of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions said, "Our core demand is to stop the sales, spin-offs, and restructuring resulting from continuous management failures and to secure job stability. We also seek to reform the compensation system that allows management to monopolize excessive rewards while causing job insecurity through poor decision-making."
The union explained that the partial strike is intended to address concerns from users about the potential disruption of major services like KakaoTalk.
The union stated, "We plan to conduct a four-hour partial strike and a rally in Pangyo on June 10. We will start with this limited action and may escalate the strike depending on the negotiation situation."
Previously, negotiations between Kakao and the union had gone through mediation by the Labor Relations Commission, but no agreement was reached, leading the union to secure the right to strike.
However, according to the union, no formal negotiations have taken place since the second mediation concluded. A union representative noted, "We have not met separately with the company since the second mediation, and there are no scheduled official meetings following the strike."
Regarding the expected participation in the strike, the union stated, "We will know the scale of participation only on the day of the event," and did not provide specific numbers.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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