[사회]He died delivering 400 pieces a day, but without industrial accidents … “Urgently for the improvement of the system”

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Eight courier workers have already died from overwork this year.

The courier, who died after suffering hard work before and after the Chuseok holidays, worked 15 hours a day and carried 400 packages, but it was not applicable to work accidents.

The parcel union raises the voice that it is urgent to improve the system.

Reporter Park Hee-jae reports.

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A shipping agency of CJ Logistics.

On the afternoon of the 8th, Mo Kim, a courier from here, collapsed and died during the delivery process.

I didn’t have any special chronic illnesses in my late 40s.

[CJ대한통운 대리점 관계자 : 여기서 실제 일하신 건 5년 정도. 하루하루 열심히 사셨어요. 조용조용하시고 말도 별로 없으시고요.]

Kim’s father erupted in resentment that his son could not even eat due to a lot of work recently due to Corona 19, and even more suffering from heavy work around the Chuseok holidays.

[김 모 씨 / 故 김 모 씨 아버지 : (추석에) 따라갔더니 웬걸 (밥을) 먹을 시간이 없는 거예요. 아무리 개인사업이니 뭐니해도 먹을 시간이 있어야 할 거 아니에요. 아무리 민주주의고 자본주의고 개인 사업이라지만.]

Mr. Kim worked six times a week for about 15 hours a day and only found 400 boxes a day.

That’s about 30% more than usual.

In this situation, the courier company passed short-term labor costs from workers to drivers to sort the boxes.

I told the messengers to pay 400,000 won each.

To avoid paying this cost, Kim got to work three hours before the other drivers and did the classification.

[유성옥 / 택배노조 CJ대한통운본부장 : 아침 10시에 출근하는 조에 속했음에도 불구하고 본인이 부담해야 하는 40만 원 분류 비용을 아끼기 위해서 본인이 직접, 매주 분류작업을 하는 그런 작업을 해 왔습니다.]

He even lost his life in the middle of a serious overwork, but it cannot be recognized as a work accident.

This is because the deceased filed a request for exclusion from workers’ compensation insurance last month.

According to statistics from last July, 64% of the 4,900 employees of CJ Logistics and Kim requested exemption from work accident insurance.

Management explained that there are many drivers who request to avoid paying premiums every month, but the Overwork Death Countermeasures Committee responded that it was due to pressure from the company to ease the burden of the premium.

[진경호 / 택배노동자 과로사 대책위 집행위원장 : 택배현장이 대리점과 택배사와 택배 기사는 전형적인 갑을 관계를 넘어서서 갑을병 관계에요. 대리점 소장이나 택배사들이 적용제외 신청서를 쓰라고 하면 쓸 수밖에 없는 게 현실이고….]

The committee urged management to apologize to the overworked person immediately and pay the consolation money to the survivors.

He argued that there is an urgent need to improve the system to prevent blind spots from industrial accidents.

Additionally, the Task Force will hold a commemorative period for the deceased workers for the next 15 months, calling for CJ Logistics to take responsibility and suspend delivery work on Saturday.

YTN Heejae Park[[email protected]]is.

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