KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR: A strike by pilots at Korean Air is over after an agreement is reached. Flights should be become the normal by Friday. More workers in other industries are walking off their jobs. Sohn Jie-Ae has more.</s>SOHN JIE-AE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On the second day of a general, the walkout spread to local hospitals. More than 500 workers at South Korean hospitals, including the Seoul National University Hospital, one of the country's biggest, demand pay increases and denounced the government's restructuring policy.</s>CHOI SEON-IM, HOSPITAL UNION LEADER (through translator): Management says if the union doesn't accept the restructuring principle, it can not make an agreement to us.</s>JIE-AE: Labor leaders say corporate reforms are leading to massive layoffs. While non-union workers, including doctors, kept the hospitals operating, patients were affected by the strike.</s>LEE JOO-HWAN, PATIENT (through translator): The strike gives me psychological pressure; it makes me anxious. All the other patients feel the same way.</s>JIE-AE: Reports said labor and management at the hospitals were in talks to prevent the strike from continuing. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the umbrella union group that is organizing the strike, said more hospitals would join the walkout Thursday. Sohn Jie-Ae, CNN, Seoul.
Strike by Korean Air Pilots Over as Agreement Reached