Seoul city bus labor and management face difficulties in negotiations over the ordinary wage standard time

The labor and management of Seoul city buses continued negotiations late into the night of the 15th over the standard time used to recalculate ordinary wages, but they failed to narrow their differences. The issue is how many hours to divide the monthly ordinary wage by when regular bonuses are reflected in ordinary wages. The union is insisting on 176 hours per month, while the management side is arguing for 209 hours. Since the shorter the standard time, the higher the ordinary hourly wage and various allowances become, the two sides have sharply conflicting interests. The Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission held a mediation meeting that day to attempt arbitration, but negotiations continued until midnight even after the union declared them broken off. The union warned that it could go on strike starting with the first bus on the 16th, and Seoul City has prepared emergency transportation measures such as chartered buses and increased subway service in response.