Hanwha Ocean vows legal action over crane sit-in amid bargaining dispute in Korea

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Hanwha Ocean says it will take legal action over a crane occupation at its Geoje shipyard by a shipbuilding subcontractors’ union branch. The union says it wants to negotiate jointly with Hanwha Ocean, amid a dispute over bargaining.

Hanwha Ocean said it will respond strictly according to the law to the illegal occupation and sit-in of cranes at its Geoje plant in South Gyeongsang by the Geoje-Tongyeong-Goseong shipbuilding subcontractors’ branch of the Korean Metal Workers’ Union. The shipbuilding subcontractors’ branch says it intends to hold joint bargaining with Hanwha Ocean together with the ...