[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] Cho Min-soo, head of Costco Korea, said a worker in his 20s is in charge of organizing shopping carts at a parliamentary audit of the Environment and Labor Committee Regarding the accident that died in the heat, he denied the poor working environment, saying, "The previously known working environment is much different from the facts."

Cho also reportedly said, "Isn't he had a chronic disease" at the worker's funeral, but refused to admit it, saying, "I have never done so."

20s, who died in June, there was no place to sit and rest during the cart and parking management work, there was no temperature and humidity meter in the parking lot, there was no air circulation system, there were no facilities such as air conditioners, coolers and fans, and there was no drinking water lounge on the fifth floor," said Rep. Lee Hak-young of the Democratic Party of Korea during a parliamentary audit of the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee on the 12th.

He asked CEO Cho, "Do you think this worker would have died if there were various environments that could lower the body temperature in the heat wave?" In response, Cho denied it, saying, "There is a very different part from what I said."

Also, when Lee asked, "Did you go to the worker's funeral and tell him that he originally had a chronic disease?" Cho replied, "I have never done that."

According to Lee, Costco's labor union investigated how remorseful and responsible the company was after the accident, and 90 percent of its employees said it was "not true." In fact, Costco's labor union has engaged in 25 rounds of negotiations with the management, but has yet to reach a collective agreement as it has failed to reach an agreement.

 

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