SEOUL: Bus drivers in the South Korean capital of Seoul went on strike on Thursday after last ditch efforts at negotiating a wage hike broke down, snarling the commute for the city of more than 9 million people and another million from the outskirts.
The negotiations between the Seoul Bus Labour Union, which represents drivers serving 97 per cent of bus operations, and their employers failed after the union's demand for a 12.7 per cent hike in hourly wages was dismissed as"excessive", Yonhap reported. "We'll make an all-out effort to smoothly reach an agreement between the union and the management soon," Yoon Jong-jang, a head of the Transportation Planning Bureau at the Seoul Metropolitan Government, said in a statement.
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon pleaded for a swift compromise."City buses are the legs of the citizens; their livelihood and daily lives literally depend on them," he said.CNA Explains: Why thousands of doctors in South Korea are striking - and defying deadlines to return to work
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