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[Alpha Biz= Kim Jisun] Asiana Airlines is facing a conflict with its labor union over the transfer of some employees to Air Incheon as part of the sale of its cargo business. The union claims that Asiana is relocating employees without their consent and plans to take legal action against the current management.
Asiana Airlines asserts that the transfer is part of a corporate split under commercial law, which allows the succession of employment contracts without requiring employee consent.
According to the aviation industry on Thursday, Asiana Airlines will hold an extraordinary general meeting on the 25th to discuss the “approval of the split-merger agreement.” If the proposal is passed, the company will spin off its cargo business, which will then be absorbed by Air Incheon. The deal is valued at KRW 470 billion, with the split-merger scheduled for June 9.
Around June, Asiana Airlines plans to transfer 11 cargo planes and 778 employees to Air Incheon. Under an agreement on the comprehensive succession of employment conditions, Air Incheon has promised to maintain the salaries and welfare benefits of the transferred employees and ensure job security. Socius PE, the largest shareholder of Air Incheon, has held four briefing sessions to explain this to Asiana employees.
Asiana Airlines has selected the employees subject to the transfer and individually notified them as "expected transferees." However, the union argues that the company is unilaterally enforcing the transfers without employee consent. The union also claims that employees in the cargo division were not hired under contracts specifically tied to the division. In response, the union plans to file an injunction and pursue other legal actions around the time of the general meeting on the 25th.
Alphabiz Reporter Kim Jisun(stockmk2020@alphabiz.co.kr)
