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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Byungwook Kim

South Korea shipyard workers willing to end strike if lawsuits dropped

FILE PHOTO: Members of the subcontractor union chant slogans on the floor of the occupied oil tanker during a strike at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Geoje, South Korea, July 19, 2022. The sign reads "We can't live like this". Yonhap via REUTERS

Contract shipyard workers striking at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) are willing to end their strike and accept a wage increase offered by the company if lawsuits seeking damages from the strikers are dropped, a union official representing the strikers told Reuters on Thursday.

About 100 workers for subcontracting companies have occupied DSME's main dock in the south coast city of Geoje since last month demanding a 30% pay increase, causing delays to deliveries of new vessels.

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