Two days after the implementation of the yellow envelope law, a new labor law aimed at strengthening the bargaining rights of subcontract workers (the revised Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act), it was found that 453 subcontractor unions had demanded bargaining from 248 parent companies.
According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) on the 12th, on the second day of the yellow envelope law's implementation, 46 unions (16,897 members) demanded bargaining with 27 parent-company business sites.
Accordingly, the number of parent-company business sites that received bargaining demands over the two days increased to 248. The number of unions, branches, and chapters that demanded bargaining rose to 453, with 98,480 members.
Meanwhile, there were eight applications filed with the Labor Relations Commission the previous day to separate bargaining units. A total of 39 applications for separation were filed over the two days since implementation.
As of the previous day, the number of business sites that posted notices of bargaining demands increased to six. Following five entities that posted on the first day of implementation—Hanwha Ocean, POSCO, Coupang CLS, Busan Transportation Corporation, and Hwaseong City—Daebang Construction also disclosed the bargaining demand the previous day.