Wage negotiation settled

Education Minister Yoo Eun-hae talks with members of the non-regular school workers' union, Tuesday, on a street near Cheong Wa Dae, where they have staged rallies demanding a wage increase. The education authorities and the union agreed to raise basic pay by 1.8 percent and transport allowance by 40,000 won. Following the agreement, the union scrapped its plan to stage a strike from Thursday to Friday. / Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han