South Korea orders striking truckers in cement industry back to jobs

Concrete mixer trucks are parked at a factory due to a strike by a truckers' union in Anyang, South Korea. - Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea ordered striking truckers in the cement industry to return to work on Tuesday (Nov 29), an unprecedented step that invokes tough strike-busting laws as construction sites run out of building materials nationwide.

The second strike in less than six months over minimum pay is causing daily losses of an estimated 300 billion won (US$224 million) and disrupting industrial activity in Asia's fourth-largest economy, which expects growth to slump next year.