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DSME labour union under pressure to accept restructuring plans

Debt-laden Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) will get a critically important KRW2.8trn ($2.42bn) injection of cash so long as its labour union agree to a huge restructuring scheme, its creditors have said.

“Without a faithful commitment of the management and labour to share the burden, we will not consider any plans to help normalise the business, including financial structure improvement plan,” the stae-run creditors said in a statement.

To date, DSME’s labour union has rejected restructuring plans put forward.

Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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