World · East Asia & Pacific · 1 hr ago
Incheon Airport prepares for one-day strike by subsidiary workers
Workers at two Incheon Airport subsidiaries are holding a one-day warning strike on October 23.
The unions are seeking changes to shift schedules and shorter working hours for environmental staff.
The two subsidiaries employ about 6,000 people, and the airport expects about 900 workers to join the action.
Incheon International Airport raised its operational risk alert from “caution” to “serious” before the strike.
It plans to use emergency staffing, including workers assigned to essential duties and replacements, while monitoring conditions in real time.
The airport says it is coordinating with the government, its subsidiaries and airlines to limit disruption for passengers.
Incheon International Airport Corp. has set up an emergency response system ahead of a one-day warning strike by workers at two airport subsidiaries.
The unions plan to strike on Oct. 23 over changes to shift-work arrangements and shorter working hours in environmental services.
The airport operator estimates that about 900 of the subsidiaries’ more than 6,000 employees will take part.
It raised its outsourced-business crisis alert from “caution” to “serious” the previous afternoon.
The operator plans to deploy staff for essential services and replacement workers if the strike takes place.
- Who
- Unions at Incheon Airport Facility Management and Incheon Airport Operations Services, subsidiaries of the airport operator.
- What
- They plan a one-day warning strike. They are seeking changes to shift-work arrangements and shorter working hours in environmental services.
- When
- Oct. 23, 2026.
- Where
- Incheon International Airport, South Korea.
- Why
- The unions are demanding changes to shift-work arrangements and shorter working hours in environmental services.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The airport operator raised its outsourced-business crisis alert from “caution” to “serious.
The subsidiary unions planned to hold a one-day warning strike.
- Strike date
- Oct. 23, 2026
- Expected participants
- About 900 workers
- Subsidiary workforce
- More than 6,000 employees
- Crisis alert
- Raised from “caution” to “serious
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What people are saying
We plan to activate the emergency response system so that the subsidiary strike does not inconvenience airport users.