Two pharmaceutical unions unite with each other

complementary relationships

Partial withdrawal from the existing Korean Democratic Pharmaceutical Workers' Union

Chairman Ahn Deok-hwan said, "Complementary relationship with existing unions. Solidarity with each other"

NPU Launching Ceremony

With the birth of the nation's largest pharmaceutical industry union, the number of unions affiliated with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions in the pharmaceutical industry has increased to two.

 

This includes corporate unions that have withdrawn from the existing industrial unions, drawing keen attention to the background.

 

The NPU was launched on the 5th as an industrial union under the Federation of Korean Chemical Worker's Union (KCTU).

 

The NPU has ▲ Novonodisc, ▲Bayer Korea, ▲Amgen Korea, ▲Ipsen Korea, ▲Novartis, ▲Viatris Korea, ▲Janssen, ▲Pfizer Pharmaceutical, ▲Sanofi Aventis Korea, ▲Alvogen Korea, ▲Opella Healthcare Korea, ▲Beringer Ingelheim, and ▲Hyundai.

 

It is the largest union group in the pharmaceutical industry with a total number of 2,500 members.

 

Among them, some corporate unions, including Novartis Korea, Merck Korea, AstraZeneca Korea, and Pfizer Korea, have belonged to the KDPU in the past.

 

It is the first union in the pharmaceutical industry established in 2012 and is also affiliated with the Federation of Korean Chemical Workers' Union.

 

With the introduction of new NPUs into existing KDPUs, two types have existed in the pharmaceutical industry.

 

Some corporate unions that have been active in the KDPU left the union between 2019 and 2020, and formed an integrated promotion committee to devise a new coalition.

 

On top of that, the current NPU started with the participation of unaffiliated unions.

 

In the current KDPU, where some corporate unions have escaped, branches such as Allergan, Mundipharma, Zuellig Pharma Korea, and BMS Korea remain.

 

NPU's first chairman, Ahn Deok-hwan, explained that the reason why he moved from the KDPU is "a difference in philosophy aimed at." It is interpreted that there was a difference of opinion with the existing executive in the process of preparing countermeasures for one agenda.

 

It is understood that opinions will also be mixed in detailed operation plans.

 

The new coalition considered a coalition that recognizes independence as each corporate union in the initial phase of the initiative.

 

However, as the discussion materialized, it was judged that industrial unions were appropriate to increase bargaining power and legal recognition.

 

Kang Seung-wook, secretary-general of the NPU, said, "As the discussion progressed, I chose the current industrial union because I thought acting as a coalition and acting as a industrial union were different." "As a pharmaceutical industry union, I am determined to do it properly," he explained.

 

He also expressed his willingness to join forces with the KDPU.

 

Chairman Ahn said, "Just as unions do not have to be one, I think various types of unions can compete or complement each other and produce better results." "We will be solidarity with the KDPU and help each other with what we need and have a complementary relationship," he said.