Labor and management representatives for Gyeonggi Province buses dramatically reached an agreement on wage negotiations just hours before a planned strike.

As a result, the labor union withdrew its scheduled general strike, avoiding the anticipated traffic chaos during the metropolitan morning commute.

Labor and management agreed to raise drivers' hourly wages by 3.2% during the final mediation session at around 2:30 a.m. today (October 30).

However, they decided to discuss the issue of narrowing the wage gap with Seoul bus drivers—which had been the biggest point of contention—at a later date.

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