Hyundai workers in strike action over wages, job security

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor's labour union, which is affiliated with the Korean Metal Workers' Union (KMWU), has launched a three-day partial onslaught this week aft it failed to scope a wage statement with the automaker pursuing a bid of lengthy negotiations. The concern enactment has raised concerns implicit the anticipation of ongoing disruption to the automaker's accumulation operations.

Workers connected daytime and evening shifts downed tools for 2 hours per displacement betwixt Monday and Wednesday (13-15 July), the archetypal onslaught enactment carried retired this year, describing the automaker's wage connection arsenic inadequate.

Hyundai is reported to person offered its workers a KRW 89,000 (US$ 67) summation successful their basal monthly salary, an yearly show bonus equivalent to up to 350% of their monthly salary, an further bonus outgo of KRW 10 million, and 15 shares successful the institution for each worker.

The labour national rejected the offer, demanding a basal monthly wage summation of KRW 149,600 (US$ 100), bonus payments equivalent to 800% of salary, and occupation information guarantees successful narration to the company's plans to deploy humanoid robots successful its plants. It besides demanded that the status property beryllium raised from 60 to 65.

Local reports suggest the onslaught enactment could outgo the institution KRW 200 cardinal successful mislaid production, oregon immoderate 5,000 vehicles.

Workers astatine US automaker General Motors' section manufacturing subsidiary, GM Korea, besides affiliated with the KMWU, launched a two-day partial onslaught this week aft failing to hold wage increases with the automaker, resulting successful 8 hours of mislaid production.

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