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overnment Orders Striking Asiana Pilots Back to WorkAsia


The government Wednesday invoked its right to conduct an emergency arbitration to end the prolonged strike by Asiana Airlines pilots as the dispute showed little sign of being resolved through negotiations.
"The strike is feared to inflict worse effects on the economy as well as on the public, so we invoked emergency arbitration," said Labor Minister Kim Dae-hwan in an afternoon media briefing.

Last-minute negotiations between the pilots?union and the management failed on the 25th day of the strike, pushing the government to intervene in the dispute to prevent the strike from inflicting more damage to the export industry and inconveniencing passengers during the peak summer holiday season.


# The Korea Times
- Aug 11, 2005
- By Moon Gwang-lip (Staff Reporter)