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Hyundai Motor Union Approves Annual Wage Agreement

morning · · thread: Hyundai Motor Union Launches First Full Day Strike in Ten Years

2 sources · South Korea · 1 of them is linked to a state

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  • Yonhap South Korea · Centre · State-affiliated · Cooperative; statutory national agency with state subsidy
  • The Korea Herald South Korea · Centre-right · Herald Corporation (Yeongpoong Group)

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Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. the largest automaker in South Korea, have voted to accept a wage deal for the current year. According to the union, 61.55 percent of the 31,166 members who voted approved the agreement on Monday.

The deal includes a monthly base pay increase of 100,000 won, which is approximately 73 US dollars. Workers will also receive performance bonuses equal to 400 percent of their monthly wages and a cash payment of 12.7 million won. Additionally, the company and the union agreed to extend the retirement age from 60 to 65, provided that relevant laws and regulations are revised.

This agreement follows a period of labor unrest involving multiple strikes that caused roughly 120 hours of production disruptions. This included a full day strike on August 21, marking the first such event in 10 years. Industry sources estimate that these strikes resulted in the loss of approximately 55,200 vehicles and sales exceeding 2.3 trillion won.

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The report presented the wage agreement and the resulting production losses as neutral factual data.
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