POSCO workers stage 2nd partial strike over wage demands

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SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at South Korean steelmaker POSCO began a second partial strike Wednesday after failing to narrow differences with management in wage negotiations.

The 120-hour walkout began at 7 a.m. at POSCO's steel plants in Pohang and Gwangyang in southern South Korea, the union said.

POSCO has about 17,000 employees, including around 10,100 union members.

The strike follows a 48-hour walkout that began at 7 a.m. last Wednesday and involved 120 workers, marking the first strike by POSCO workers since the company was founded in 1968.

The union said the second strike would cause inevitable disruptions as about twice as many workers are participating compared with the first strike.

POSCO said, however, that there would be no major disruption to plant operations, with about 60 workers each from its Pohang and Gwangyang plants expected to join the strike.

The union has demanded a 7.1 percent increase in base pay, a performance bonus equivalent to 600 percent of base pay, 50 company shares per worker and a holiday bonus equivalent to 200 percent of base pay.

In addition to wage increases, the union has cited staffing shortages and aging facilities as factors that could lead to safety incidents.

Management, meanwhile, has proposed a 2 percent increase in base pay, leaving the two sides far apart over their key wage demands.

This photo, taken Sept. 9, 2026, shows POSCO's steel plant in Pohang, 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul. (Yonhap)

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首尔，9月16日（韩联社）——韩国钢铁制造商浦项钢铁的工会成员周三开始第二次部分罢工，此前他们在工资谈判中未能缩小与管理层的分歧。

工会表示，这场持续 120 小时的罢工于早上 7 点在韩国南部浦项和光阳的浦项钢铁厂开始。

浦项钢铁公司约有 17,000 名员工，其中包括约 10,100 名工会成员。

此次罢工是在上周三早上 7 点开始的 48 小时罢工之后进行的，共有 120 名工人参加，这是浦项钢铁公司自 1968 年成立以来工人的首次罢工。

工会表示，第二次罢工不可避免地会造成混乱，因为参与罢工的工人人数大约是第一次罢工的两倍。

浦项钢铁表示，工厂运营不会受到重大干扰，预计浦项和光阳工厂各有约 60 名工人参加罢工。

工会要求基本工资增长 7.1%，绩效奖金相当于基本工资的 600%，每位员工 50 股公司股份，以及节日奖金相当于基本工资的 200%。

除了工资上涨之外，工会还指出人员短缺和设施老化也是可能导致安全事故的因素。

与此同时，管理层提议基本工资上涨 2%，双方在关键工资要求上仍存在很大分歧。

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