South Korea’s government on Tuesday issued an order for some of the truck drivers who have been on strike to return to work.
Despite facing the threat of delicensing or even prison terms, the strike’s organisers said they would defy the order and accused President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government of suppressing their labour rights.
The order was approved in a Cabinet meeting called by Yoon and targeted about 2,500 drivers of cement trucks.
It marked the first time a South Korean government exercised controversial powers under a law revised in 2004 to force truckers back to their jobs.
The Daily Sabah added that a failure to comply without "justifiable reason” is punishable by up to three years in jail or a maximum fine of 30 million won ($22,400).
Yoon accused the strikers of illicit activities such as disrupting the work of colleagues who have refused to participate in the strike.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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