Members of Kakao's labor union hold banners during a protest near the company's headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, June 10. Yonhap
Unionized workers of Kakao Corp., Korea's messenger app operator, took a day off en masse on Monday in a sign of protest amid a continued gridlock in wage negotiations.
In their second collective action, unionized members staged what they called a "Log-out Day" by taking simultaneous annual leave.
Some 2,100 workers from five units of Kakao, including its headquarters, Kakao Pay and Kakao Enterprise, have participated, according to the labor union.
Wage talks between Kakao's labor union and management have been at a standstill since May, after the two sides failed to narrow differences in performance-based incentives.
