Warning to any ROK Heads looking to travel by train in the coming days in Korea, KORAIL workers are going on strike:

This photo taken Oct. 7, 2019, shows passengers in front of ticket booths at Seoul Station as KTX train services are delayed by a railway workers’ work-to-rule campaign. (Yonhap)

Railway workers are set to begin a three-day strike Friday to press their demands for higher pay and better working conditions. 

The government plans to deploy substitute workers and alternative forms of transportation to minimize disruption, as the walkout is expected to cut passenger and cargo train operations by 20 percent and 60 percent, respectively.

The 19,000-member Korean Railway Workers’ Union decided to strike early last month, after its negotiations with the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) broke down in late August.

Yonhap

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