Court rules against CJ Logistics’ denial of collective bargaining for courier union

SEOUL, An appellate court ruled on Wednesday against South Korea's largest logistics firm, CJ Logistics, in a suit the company filed to reverse a national committee decision striking down CJ's denial of collective bargaining for a delivery workers' union. The courier union under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), the more militant of the country's two major umbrella unions, demanded collective bargaining with CJ in 2020 to negotiate better working conditions. CJ, however, rejected the demand on the grounds that delivery workers were not directly employed by the company but by its subcontractors. The union then filed a petition against the denial with the National Labor Relations Commission, which eventually determined that CJ's action constituted "unfair labor practice." CJ has since filed an administrative suit to reverse the commission decision, and the Seoul Administrative Court ruled against the logistics firm last year, stating that CJ was practically in a position to control the basic labor conditions for delivery workers. The Seoul High Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling. Source: Yonhap News Agency